Asfar as the "do no harm" idea goes, I like to remind the pediatricians (the ones with the "infinite LACK of knowledge") that doing no harm means doing no harm to the mother as well. When they undermine breastfeeding (in one of the million ways they do this), they are, indeed, doing harm to Mom's emotional state. As was also said, those who have never birthed or breastfed need to bow to those who have. I deal with two such peds in my little group. I juts keep taking that deep breath...... Betsy Riedel RNC, IBCLC Connecticut *********************************************** 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 email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html