Jaye, I don't mean to pass judgment by writing this because I
understand the difficult position you are in, but I believe that if
IBCLCs agree with uphold the code, then making money from non-Code
compliant companies by selling their products is a violation of that.
Also, if all IBCLCs refused to sell Medela products, perhaps Medela
would find incentive enough to be/remain compliant. At which point you
could go back to selling their products, of course.

I haven't been following this thread closely, so I apologize if I'm
repeating what others have said.

Gina Gerboth, IBCLC
www.safepassagebirth.com

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Jaye Simpson, IBCLC
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I am also having real issues with this topic.  In my area Medela is THE pump
> to rent or purchase.  I have been a rental station for the past few years
> and it does supplement my income in a manner that would make it difficult to
> give up as a single mom with no other income other than breastfeeding
> related business.
>
>
>
> So - what am I to do?  My quandary is that Ameda is a good product and I'd
> love to be able to rent those out instead, but there is only one other place
> to rent them here and moms only want the Medela which would leave me with
> virtually no business for pump rentals.  I am so over selling retail that I
> am working to close out my retail stuff and on-line store and keep only
> those tools/products that I need for my clients.  But I have ethical issues
> with Medela and the code violations along with other things.
>
>
>
> So - thoughts and suggestions?  I need the income.  As a single mom with no
> help from anyone else now, it is imperative I be able to keep a roof over my
> kids' head and food in their bellies.  And I tell you what:  It makes me
> angry to have to deal with this kind of nonsense.  What happened to
> ethics???
>
>
>
> Frustrated in rainy Sacramento.
>
>
>
> Jaye
>
>
>
> Jaye Simpson, IBCLC, CIIM
>
> Breastfeeding Network
>
> Sacramento, CA
>
> www.breastfeedingnetwork.net
>
>
>
>
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