oohhh! You're naughty Rachael!
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From: "Rachel Myr" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 6:14 AM
Subject: Risk and telling it like it is


> I've changed my mind on predictions of doom and gloom.  If I knew someone
> was planning to give birth at a hospital whose policies, procedures or
> relationships to formula manufacturers made it unlikely that anyone giving
> birth there would be able to fully breastfeed, I would tell the woman of
the
> very real risk of failure of breastfeeding she was running by having her
> baby there.  I would probably also arm her with info on the ten steps to
> successful breastfeeding in case she didn't have the option of going to a
> better hospital, so she wasn't simply at the mercy of so-called health
> professionals who would wait five days before starting her on expressing
> milk for a sick baby, or who allow themselves to be bought off with
trinkets
> bearing the logo of formula companies, etc etc.
>
> Rachel Myr
> Kristiansand, Norway
>
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