I had the pleasure of presenting a part of a one day breastfeeding basics for health care professionals course last Friday and it was wonderful. One thing that happened was a discussion early in the day about the use of breast milk vs something else. They all laughed when I asked if any had poured udder milk on their cereal that morning and how all milk comes from breasts and that the distinction was from which animal source, they decided that it should be human milk and corrected me every time I said breast milk which is in my lecture every other word, I caught on quick and by the end of the day was using human milk exclusively and it felt WONDERFUL. No other suggestions- mothers milk, baby milk, natural milk etc. received any votes. Try it you might be surprised. Maybe Lactnet will change trends..... These students had lots of questions and I'd love to hear some responses from some of you. What do you tell a woman who says she doesn't want to breastfeed because it makes her have sexual feelings? Is it all right for a breastfed 4 month old to sleep through the night? How do you counsel a mother who wants to continue smoking since the AAP drug lists includes it as a contraindicated drug of abuse? How long should a mother with active TB (discovered at delivery) wait to breastfeed? Does a nursing 3 year old still get immunites from human milk? How long should you nurse? Is there any age for a woman to be that she shouldn't nurse? (young or old) If a baby wakes up while you are having sex and wants to nurse, will your arousal affect the baby in any way? If a mother wants to wean while she is pregnant, what should you tell her? Is there any way to stop a letdown? If your "ducks" are plugged what should you do? When is the best time to introduce a bottle if a mother is going back to work? Anyway... we had over 100 written questions and ran out of time to answer them. It was great. Cathy