Hi, to me, birth and breastfeeding(and parenting, really) are part of one continuum, and it surprises and saddens me when something like breastfeeding divides us so much.
Statistics are such strange things. And, especially as health professionals, I think we have to think carefully about how we use our own experience and integrate it into our practice. A few months ago I was at a breastfeeding meeting. Of 8 mothers in the room I was the only one who had a normal vaginal birth. Three mothers had had pelvises too small to deliver their babies naturally. Their doctors had told them so. Of the women in the room, almost all knew of other women for whom this was the case, and the discussion went along the lines of "thank god for caesarians - we would have all died years ago" Finally, I mentioned that it was in fact very rare for women to have pelvises too small to deliver a baby. They all looked at me completely disbelievingly. Oh, well, they were all breastfeeding well! So what is myth and what is truth? should I not have encouraged them to do a bit more research and find out more in preparation for their next baby because they might have felt guilty? Barb -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
