Xref: utzoo sci.bio:952 sci.med:4389 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!necntc!linus!philabs!ttidca!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med Subject: Re: male breastfeeding Message-ID: <2023@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 29 Feb 88 22:29:01 GMT References: <1686@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk> <1948@ttidca.TTI.COM> <42982@ti-csl.CSNET> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 34 In article <42982@ti-csl.CSNET> dnichols@mips.UUCP (Dan Nichols) writes: >In article <1948@ttidca.TTI.COM> hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) writes: >>... The La Leche League ... >>... routinely asks if the father would like to breast-feed in >>cases where the mother can't or won't. >This is the second time I have seen Jerry mention this. ... >My fiancee and I have both tried to find out more about this from the La >Leche League with NO luck whatsoever. They wouldn't even talk to me. The >local rep told my fiancee she'd never heard of such a thing ... >... They basically denied any >knowledge of this being feasible. I suppose I should explain my source on this. In the course of getting my Clinical Psych. Master's I took a course in Developmental Psychology. The professor (Patricia Keith-Spiegle, Ph.D.) mentioned that when she _adopted_ her son she was contacted by a breast-feeding advocacy group, presumably La Leche League (are there any others?). When she explained she had neither desire nor intention to breast feed their next question was whether her husband would be interested in doing so (he wasn't). I took that course over ten years ago and her experience was a few years older than that. It's quite possible La Leche League's policies have changed in that time. I'm sorry if my original wording contributed further confusion. However, the original question was whether male breast-feeding is possible -- not whether it was easy, common, recommended, or healthful -- just possible. I think the evidence suggests it is. Your mileage may vary. -- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, hollombe@TTI.COM) Illegitimati Nil Citicorp(+)TTI Carborundum 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (213) 452-9191, x2483 Santa Monica, CA 90405 {csun|philabs|psivax|trwrb}!ttidca!hollombe