>I saw a brief piece on CNN the other night about babies born during the war
>there; they said that 60 babies had been born in Tirana (sp.??)since the
>NATO action started , and that about 10 of them were premature, which the
>doctor they were interviewing said was about double the average rate of
>preemies for that time period. They talked about breastfeeding (and NOT
>about ABM!), saying that virtually all of the babies now being born,(and
>some older babies whose moms had recently stopped nursing as well), were
>being breastfed, but that some of the mothers were finding that their milk
>was "drying up because of the stress". They also said that other mothers
>were helping out by providing BREASTMILK! I was so pleased to hear this,
>said very matter-of-factly, instead of the pitch for formula donations that
>I feared would follow.


pff, what a relief. I'm concerned about this for a long time, since people
in my country are all sending money, clothes and food...including lots of
formula. I still haven't donated any money bc i'm so concerned formula will
be bought from it.

LAst week there was a picture in the newspaper, intended to be cute: a
soldier in kosovo gave a newborn a bottle.

Annelies Bon
the Netherlands

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