NOTE: this is not intended to open up the question of "to circ or not to circ" which is definiely not appropriate here. It is how aspects of the procedure, in this case the timing, impacts or is impacted by breastfeeding. We have a couple of docs who are upset if their babies are fed (breast or bottle) within a half hour of being circ'd. The number is steadily decreasing, fortunately. I think they are realizing that a happily fed baby is less upset by the whole process than a hungry one. What annoys me most is the ones that call and say," I'll be there in ten minutes so don't feed baby Jones and have him ready for me to circ." Then the doc doesn't show up for a hour or even more! Heaven forbid that he (yes, the one in particular is "he", it's not gender bias on my part) have even a minute of "down time". Thanks for the chance to vent. Winnie *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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