>First, could someone from the UK provide a "translation" of
pounds and pence into American dollars and cents.  There are 100 cents
per dollar (US); are there also 100 pence per pound?<
yes

BTW, BMA has been using this comparison for AGES.  If you don't know their
work (I guess no reason you should outside the UK), you can browse issues of
Update (back to 1996) on line at
http://www.babymilkaction.org/pages/resources.html   Baby Milk Action is the
UK IBFAN group.  IBFAN does a lot of good work across the world, but it may
be that the USA is one place where they are relatively small and unknown.

Magda Sachs
(in addition to being a Breastfeeding Supporter for The Breastfeeding
Network, I am an advisor to Baby Milk Action)


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