Dear Friends: What a great list of reasons from Leslie, evoked by a great post from Carole! Why mothers bail out: > #1 - Expectation of Accommodation, such as when things get tough either in > play-group, school, work etc. ... it is not the "Person" who must rise, > grow, adapt, change to meet these challenges but it is the school, work or > government, etc. who must "Accommodate" them. This shifts the > responsibility off of the individual. > #2- Societal Acceptance of Excuses, such as "I tried but...," " My home- > life, work, <insert favorite phrase> made me who I am, so I can't / or > won't ............" It was to hard and there are others who want me to > bottlefeed, pump.... " Excuses have become a pattern in their life. So they > are excused form being in charge of their choices. > #3- Time pressure - women are expecting a quick-fix. Often, I counsel moms > that a "tincture of time" is best, as in let your body choose the time to > go into labor or baby need time to adapt to their new environment. They do > not want or are not willing to wait it out. > #4- Pain or difficulty free-they are unwilling work through difficult > school courses, personal relationships, to feel any labor pain, so why > should they work through the early weeks of breastfeeding. > > *********************************************** 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