Dear Fiona Thank you for your clarification I am not suggesting you denegrate or give them a hard time but that you speak the truth as hard as it can be for some to hear it.
Like we do about smoking to adults I also feel we must offer proven support and information to breastfeed as much as the woman wants. And we must aknowledge this is not a simple choice like buying car it is fraught with personal emotions and impacted by family and life all must be recognised. We can not help a woman to breastfeed who is uncomfortable with it. But there are other options and though our culture is not comfortable with them or the truth of the risks of formula I encourage you to explore them. Are we not seeking to support informed choices?? Adults are allowed to make informed choices to smoke, practice sex with or with out a condom but not to drive with out a seat belt . I find the ideas of social acceptance and taboos interesting. Denise Hynd "Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, they are the only ones who ever have." Margaret Mead ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fiona Rumble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] "formula lunches" > Dear List, I in no way recommend the use of formula and feel enormous grief > when I see a baby being bottle-fed and missing out on its birthright- > breastmilk. However my point is that, like it or not, until all babies the > world over are exclusively breastfed, they have to be fed something to keep > them alive! I would hope that in the situation where a mother finds that she > needs or wants to use a substitute milk (for whatever reason- we do not live > in an ideal world where women have not been exposed to the insidious > propaganda and brainwashing from stereotypical TV shows and clever > advertising campaigns, misinformation and medicalisation of the whole birth > process) it is the optimum substitute available. How do you people support > your clients who go against everything you believe in and work for the > promotion of, and still "choose" to formula feed? My three own babies were > exclusively breastfed for as long as they wanted to continue the > breastfeeding relationship, and I too have wet-nursed another woman's baby. > I am passionate about every baby's right to breastmilk, however I do not > wear blinkers to the fact that this is a real and imperfect world we live > in. My original point is not to throw the baby out with the bath water. > Thankyou for the suggestions and helpful feedback, with love Fiona > > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
