a snippet form the BMJ this week: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7223/S2-7223 Having babies as a surgical trainee Breast feeding Many working mothers like to keep the late night feed, and perhaps the early morning feed, as a breast feed. It might be difficult to get the Specialist Advisory Committee to recognise your training if you invoke the rule allowing exemption from on call duties while still breast feeding. It is not easy to nip back to the residences or find a cupboard to use your expressing machine between cases. I have always found the special care baby unit very helpful. They can keep the paraphernalia in a tub of Milton for you, and you can store labelled milk in their freezer to take home later. You don"t need bras with zips in (just loosen an ordinary bra strap). It takes about 25 minutes, and you can write up notes or read while expressing. You might want to tell people that you are going to another ward, as some men can"t cope with the thought of breasts and suction machines even if they approve of working mothers and female surgeons Magda Sachs Breastfeeding Supporter, BfN, UK *********************************************** 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