On 31 Jul 2003 at 13:59, Henry, Felicia wrote: > Heleen, > > You are forgetting that our culture prizes getting back to "normal" > immediately after birth (pretend you never had a baby - just now > carrying around the bucket). So women are expected to want sex and > have it be easy and enjoyable as soon as they get the green light from > the doc. The idea that postpartum women (especially when it can be > blamed on breastfeeding) may not want sex, or be to tired, too worn > out, too involved in carrying for the new baby or the host of normal > postpartum issues seems like something that must be fixed - in mom. I know people feel like that, but I don't accept it as normal. Why fix what isn't broken? -- Heleen Hayes http://www.xs4all.nl/~hhayes *********************************************** 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