Alicia Thanks for sharing. And thanks for writing the chapter. Having a ref like this will help immensely and will have a great ripple effect I'm sure. Often the mother kind of knows she really does not have to stop bf, she's read it somewhere before. And even if the hcp is not budging, often the mother will be empowered after seeing the ref. The way I handle it [usually discovered on a f/u call that she was advised to supplement or d/c bf] is to say "I disagree with that advice. I would recommend xxx" and here you can give the refs and the rationale. Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC Violet Louisiana, s.e. USA ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com *********************************************** 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