> I received a call the other night from a woman who was told if she
> continued to breastfeed she will be charged a higher health insurance
> premium.  I have never heard of such a thing so I asked her permission to
> post to you "wise ones" to see if this is common--she has given me
> permission.  She is a healthy 30 yr. old mother of two who is currently
> nursing her 3 month old.

this is interesting, to say the least, because at my bf support meeting
monday night the leader was saying how in some places in the US life
insurance was *lower* now for people who bf & their kids given the
greater risk of formula feeding contributing to breast cancer, PPH,
diabetyes in the child, & many other "nasties".  I don't know where she
got her information, but I thought it was neat, made complete sense, and
was "about time" (don't non-smokers have lower premiums than smokers?).

I just wonder how they'll know really?  Unless they do sneak-peek
drop-in visits while the baby is nursing, and even then, the baby might
not nurse at that moment & they might see a bottle in the cupboard &
assume that the baby is actually bottlefed.

fio (who has bottle paraphernalia in the cupboard:  2 of which are brand
spanking new--never been used--and 2 of which she pumps into...none of
which the baby has ever drunk from, or ever will at her age [13 mos]!)

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