>Alicia Dermer writes:
>Hi, all:  Just my $.02 worth on this subject.  Everybody is talking about
>the merits and drawbacks of giving a breast pump to bf mothers.  I think
>all bf mothers should be taught about the free pump that the vast
>majority have attached to them at the end of their arms, and how to use
>it.

Alicia, you took the words right out of my mouth!  Breastfeeding does not
require a pump.  Even cows can be milked by hand -- what a concept!  Getting
exercise does not require a stair-step machine.  Removing leaves from a
side-walk does not require a noisy, gas-guzzling, air-polluting leaf blower.
Americans are enamored of technology for technology's sake.  So sad.....

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