How about a foot stool  and rocking chair for every nursing mother!

In the realm of practicality, the topic of  postpartum freebies for clients
just came up  on the midwife list. Here are some of the suggestions:

coupon for free issue of MOTHERING magazine

LLL has some super simple handouts

LLL meeting times/contact people

sample nursing pads from:

Johnson & Johnson
Consumer Products Inc
600 Industrial Ave
Paramus, NJ 07652-9688

or milk diapers from ?  (I don't know who makes them but they are out there)

Free cotton diaper or coupon from local diaper service (in San Francisco,
the local diaper service has a newsletter)

Take out menus/coupons  from local restaurants that prepare healthy foods to
go

Lovely birth certificate with foot printer (can be designed on computer or
available rom Cascade Birth supplies 1.800.443.9942

Wedela offers free samples 1.800.289.1969 of gentle non minerqal oil baby
care products

Lanisoh

Astroglide  has free tubes of lubricating gel 1.800.325.56.95

Reality Condoms for women

Motherwear booklet/catalogue  they have a 1.800. number

Local Natural Family Planning Educator card/brochure

knit baby caps from a local women's group/hospital group

Good luck!

Lisa Boisvert-Mackenzie, Midwife
East Caroline Islands, Pacific Ocean

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