Frances said:

>But, then the article goes on
>
>I"m going to let you in on a little secret:  Breastfeeding may be the
>natural way to feed your baby, but it doesn't always come naturally."

I understand Frances' concern, but I also think this a point that needs to
be made.  When my son was born and I had difficulty, I didn't think I
should have to pay someone to show me how to do something that should come
naturally.  If I had known more then, I would have spent the money and
visited an LC.  It was a simple problem and could have been easily fixed,
but LLL couldn't help me.  I think women need to know that it my not come
naturally, but the money spent on an LC to clear up problems is small
compared to the amount that will be spent on formula later (not to mention
the new wardrobe you'll have to buy because you can't get all of that
pregnancy weight off) ;-)

As long as I'm e-mailing again, I did remember to bring in this Child
magazine article on Wet Nurse to the Stars.  I know someone else has
already mentioned the article, but I thought I would also mention this
woman (her name is D. Barens) worked as a wet nurse as a way of putting
herself through UCLA.  It said she has breastfed the babies of several
celebrities.  Georgia, does it count if the celebrity's child was breastfed
by someone else?

Donna

Donna J. Spannaus-Martin, Ph.D., MT (ASCP)
Assistant Professor, Clinical Laboratory Sciences,
University of Tennessee, Memphis
http://www.utmem.edu/allied/CLS.html