Kathy D wrote" "Feed the mother for all sorts of reasons -- whether it increases her milk production or not, whether it changes the composition of her milk or not, whether it results in better growth and health in her children or not. The "haves" of the world are morally obligated (IMNSHO) to feed the severely malnourished -- even if ALL it means is that the mother feels better, can work harder, doesn't get as sick as often, feeds her baby more often, or whatever." Kathy, well said. The only thing I would elaborate on is the long-term public health work that needs to go with this, to enable the mother to ultimately feed herself; AND please don't automatically blame it on the breastfeeding because the child/infant is maulnourished! I live in a community with lots of "haves" and "have nots" and often have the opportunity to see just of how self-centered the "haves can be" some days I get angry but other days it just frightens me! Kind Regards Mandy O'Reilly IBCLC nurse midwife *********************************************** 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