Hello all, A while ago I asked you for ideas for lectures on bf for community nurses and family physicians. I got some very good suggestions, and last week I gave these lectures (two for nurses and one for docs). The lectures went very well, but of course there were much less doctors (about 40%) than for our regular lectures (about hypertention, diabetes etc.), held every two weeks . Those who did come, said they learned a lot they have never heard about (simple management - growth spurt, positioning and latch, sore nipples, mastitis etc.). One of the doctors said to his nurse (who told me) that now he finally understands why his wife didn't bf more than a short time - he had never heard about growth spurts, and they assumed that at six weeks her milk had run out - because the baby would cry every hour... The nurses were also very interested, and asked for more lectures. I felt very good giving these lectures - it is much easier to give a lecture on something you know very well, than on some subject someone has chosen for you to give a lecture on, or even a journal club. I will try to work more on education of doctors and nurses - I feel that this is a very important aspect of promoting breastfeeding. Another subject I promised to let you know about, was the distribution of a parent's magazine full of ABM ads in primary care clinics. I wrote to the local and national managers of the healthcare organization that runs these clinics, and got very fast responses (within days). They checked who was responsible for this distribution, and promised that this would not be repeated. Thank you all for the encouragement to go ahead and do these things - give lectures, complain about the violation of the code - your collective support is very important. Mira Leibovich, MD mailto:[log in to unmask]