In a message dated 2/6/2005 9:09:13 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time,  
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Why not  some pressure from WIC?
We are mandated to tell every women the benefits of breastfeeding, she will  
receive additional foods if breastfeeding and her infant becomes a higher  
priority (meaning he/she may stay on the program longer). we have women  
complaining that WIC are "pressuring" them to breastfeed at WIC. In all of these  
cases it has been that they are receiving more information than these particular  
women want to hear.



If a woman has adequate money she does not get assistance, why  get free milk
when she has it?
The federal regulations that control WIC (all governmental agencies have  
them) prevent us from prohibiting formula to a who  mother requests it. We  can 
counsel her and provide her with options in this situation, but we cannot  
prohibit her. The only way to change this is through the US government and  
Congress.  We all know how quickly that will happen!
Carole Peterson
Fort Wayne, Indiana
 



Lisa Boisvert Mackenzie




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