Hello All-- I am back from my medical mission to the Philippines and altho I was not able to connect with any LCs or LLL leaders in the area where I was, I did meet many bf moms and babies. The mission was with a group called Operation Smile who does surgeries on kids with cleft lips/palates. The greatest thing I saw (other than the patients and families being grateful for their surgeries) was moms breastfeeding their babies who had been born with cleft deformities....I guess no one told them that they couldn't!! and with limited options (limited refrig and money) breastfeeding was just the "done thing". What we could learn from this!!! Kathy Rubin IBCLC RNC APNC in NJ *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html