One more follow up regarding advocacy and the law. I am currently working with a mother who now has a legal problem because she did not know how to be an effective advocate for herself. She attempted to work with her employer to resolve her need to pump at work and handled it so poorly that she ended up fired. Now, this was certainly not entirely fault. If her employer had policies and procedures in place with respect to breastfeeding, and had trained the managers on how to handle breastfeeding issues this woman would likely still be at her job. But, we aren't there yet. So, this woman had to be her own advocate but was woefully lacking in the advocacy department. Liz, I believe that had you or I or Janice spoken with this woman before she spoke to her boss she may still have her job. Any one of us would have helped give her the advocacy tools she lacked. And, we would have done so in the name of helping a mother and her baby maybe with a legal problem, maybe not. Was it a legal problem before she lost her job? For those of you looking for an outlet for your advocacy skills, look to your local Breastfeeding Coalition or Task Force and if you don't have one, start one. Let me know if you need assistance in starting one. I can help. The Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles is doing incredible work here in Los Angeles. Warmly, Alexis Alexis Martin Neely, Esq. Mama to Kaia Ray Neely (11/2/99) "Breastfeeding support is an integral part of the family/friendly workplace environment." -Work & Family Coalition of San Diego How have you supported breastfeeding today? Alexis Martin Neely, Esq. Mama to Kaia Ray Neely (11/2/99) "Breastfeeding support is an integral part of the family/friendly workplace environment." -Work & Family Coalition of San Diego How have you supported breastfeeding today? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp *********************************************** 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