Hear, hear!

It's been wonderful to find a group that subscribes to the same parenting views that I do. I even bring DH on to have a look at some of the forum topics as my (now ours really) parenting style is quite different to what he'd previously seen in his family.

Back to the breastfeeding issue... I had an emergency c-section and my baby had to be taken to the special care nursery for antibiotics. DH went with her and when he came back to me I asked if he'd remembered to tell them that she was to be a breastfed baby, the nurse looking after me at the time quickly cut in with, "don't worry about breastfeeding, my daughters were all bottlefed and they turned out fine." No wonder so many mothers don't succeed if that is all the support they get!