Barbara W-C makes the following comments: "I'll bet a million dollars that research in human (as in bovine) lactation will demonstrate that genetics, and hormone balance and health at the time of delivery play a huge role in milk production. there are all sorts of perfectly" "confidant women with whom I've worked (of many nationalities) who have had issues regarding milk production that had nothing to do with their attitudes or with their management." "I think we keep looking to the "system" for explanations of all that goes amiss " My comments on Hispanic women who bottle feed initially and then go on to breastfeed was in no way intended to be a full explanation. Confidence and belief in lactation is, of course, only one factor. Perhaps I should have preceded my remarks with..."If all other factors were egual....." One's belief about breastfeeding is often a big factor, but we have all learned that many other factors that can overlie, underlie, enhance, detract from, confound, impact on etc. these basic attitudes. If it was as easy as only one factor, we'd all be looking for other work! Winnie *********************************************** 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