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[crazycanuck]

Snap-you could always tell them your goal is to make it to retirement so you can sit on a nice beach in Australia

I have an ooopps moment from this afternoon-Doggie & I ventured to the beach as we often do. Anyways, she normally is in the back tray of the ute attached to a shortish leash (i can take a pic, it's all humane )..urmm today I forgot to attach her. I was about 1km from home at some traffic lights when i thought..Yukon shouldn't be standing that way in the back... Got onto the freeway a few sec's later, into the emergency lane & attached her properly... Poor doggie *phew*

Lise, I have to ask you..since you're a midwife...Do you think that women are forced & pressured to breastfeed by society?

I saw two articles the other day

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25436945-2,00.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...apartment.html

In perth recently, a woman was asked to leave a high end restaurant after trying to breastfeed her young baby..so it never ends does it...

No idea why this interests me as i don't plan on having children but I feel sorry for those that do & encounter this issue.

[Lise]

Hi, CC, glad you realized the pup wasn't hooked up!

The breastfeeding stories touch a nerve with me. In short, I think:
-breast milk is normal human food.
-formula is for emergencies.
-we as a culture don't support, educate, and help new moms enough. I know this because I work on the front lines.
-that means access to HELP that comes to your home when things are not going right. That means not going back to a home where there's no help with daily activities. That means education about overcoming some of the simplest problems in breastfeeding. Etc, etc, etc.
-some women suffer from post partum psychosis, and it's tragic. The woman who leapt to her death probably had a number of contributing factors.
-the formula industry is a multi-billion dollar business which invests a lot in promoting the idea that mothers "shouldn't be forced" to breastfeed their babies.
-nutrition is the one thing that a mom can control during pregnancy and the first year of a child's life.

Those are my opinions as a midwife, since you asked. I'm not inviting anyone to defend or explain her own child rearing history or beliefs. Interesting how much ire this raises, though, isn't it?

[Pax]

...Snap--you could say, "My goal is to get out of here without being sued." That always impresses the manager. Good luck!

I am SO going to use that at my next eval!!