[knuthom]

His specialty may not matter. Breastfeeding education in medical schools and residency programs is not necessarily very good. Some do an excellent job, but many offer little in the way of training about breastfeeding. Doctors have been responsible for a lot of breastfeeding failures by giving mothers bad information. My husband is a doctor. I taught him more about breastfeeding when I nursed our four than all of his medical training ever did.

[Delbert]

When the child is old enough to unlatch the moms bra on his own...he's to old for breast feeding ; )

[Prodigal Daughter]

That's been my experience too. Doctors are given little information or conflicting information about breastfeeding depending on their specialty. My husband was in residency when two female doctor sisters asked him what he would recommend about breastfeeding and weaning since he at least has kids and there was so much conflicting information in the literature.

My son liked to drink a bottle until he was 7, but my pediatrician told me unequivocally when he was 2 that he was NOT to drink from a bottle anymore. She also got mad at me because he didn't brush his teeth twice a day. My dad is in the dental field and we never had to brush our baby teeth everyday. As bad as that flouride is for little kids to be swallowing, who is she to practically order me around? I changed pediatricians.

[Dixie Mom]

His specialty may not matter. Breastfeeding education in medical schools and residency programs is not necessarily very good. Some do an excellent job, but many offer little in the way of training about breastfeeding. Doctors have been responsible for a lot of breastfeeding failures by giving mothers bad information.

That's what I thought. The docs I've discussed this with previously have said that their training is basically limited to a chapter in a textbook during med school that explains the mechanics of lactation and nothing more.

My husband is a doctor. I taught him more about breastfeeding when I nursed our four than all of his medical training ever did.

Good for you! In a way, I understand how male physicians have very little interest in the subject, since it is exclusively a female experience. However, from a health perspective, it borders on incompetence that they are not more informed!