Pam wrote: 

>I am so sad just thinking that someone is on this list to hurt
breastfeeding.
 >To hurt babies and mothers and interfere with goals for successful
breasteeding >outcomes.

Sadly, for the formula shills, it’s all about money. They'll rob their own
children and spouses of health, a la "Claytie's" little cozy letter to Tommy
Thompson, for an improved bottom line this quarter. Analogous to the tobacco
companies giving their reps free cigarettes (ironic thought: I wonder if
tobacco companies pay higher health insurance premiums? Oh, well, think of
the lowered pension costs as retired employees die earlier--maybe it breaks
even for them). The bottom line is that people in business to make money
unethically and with a product causing human suffering, do not care in the
least about babies, mothers, their own children, grandchildren, or the
world, for that matter.

Allowing our discussions and archives to be public access, alerting the reps
to which hospitals might be contemplating BFHI, is truly, as one Lactnetter
posted recently, "running naked before the enemy." 

Any way of restricting Lactnet to people who can be verified to be BF
supporters is worthwhile, even if those of us who can, need to chip in a
subscription for a more sophisticated server.  Although there are people
with bf credentials who work for formula companies (including IBCLC, believe
it or not), it will be a little more time-consuming and tedious for them;
not right at their fingertips. Anything to make it more difficult for the
casual sales manager or VP wondering who they need to schmooze this week to
lower bf rates at a particular hospital.

Yes, based on my 12 years in corporate America, I am cynical:-)

Anna Swisher, MBA, IBCLC 



 

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