In a message dated 12/21/2004 12:29:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
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It angers me  that one person's  negativity could have such far reaching  
impact.




Dear Friends:
    I didn't find negative comments on this  topic. The variety of comments 
have been personal, broad specturm  thoughts and opinion which are disturbing 
to some. This is a powerful  issue. It is terrible that human milk components 
can be genetically copied and  patented and sold, while babies (and families) 
suffer the consequences of a lack  of support/protection for breastfeeding in 
the USA.
    Our work contains an element of despair. Every time  I reach one mom, I 
find three health care providers that set mothers back. It  makes working in 
the hospital insane. On one hand, I am being paid to help  breastfeeding 
mothers. On the other hand, the hospital and its staff are  overwhelmingly disruptive 
and disrespectful of breastfeeding. 
    If the USA truly cared about health, there would be  a milk bank in every 
city, like in the past, where many hospitals had their own  milk banks. 
Drastic situations can sometimes inspire people to offer drastic  solutions, out of 
a sense of helpless rage. 
    LACTNET is, and continues to be a forum where one  can think aloud to a 
collegial body of peers. I love it.
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth  Initiative

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