Regarding the guilt issue - what of women who want to try breastfeeding and then are given undermining information from their care providers? The ped who says to supplement without checking the latch, the maternity nurse who tells her "it'll hurt for a few weeks, but hang in there, it gets better!" as her nipples begin to crack and bleed. I believe these women should not be made to feel guilty, they think they're doing the right thing, but are presented with almost insurmountable odds if there is any difficulty with the latch. I think the cold hard facts are great to pursuade women to try breastfeeding while they are pregnant - but once they've started, how can we be sure they're getting supportive care? How can we reach the docs who are telling them to wean because the baby isn't gaining, or to supplement for normal newborn jaundice? If they try and fail because of bad advice, these women need support, not guilt. With some women, all the information in the world isn't enough to make them go "against doctor's orders" to supplement or wean. *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html