In a message dated 6/3/99 2:04:18 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<<Katie wanted to give recent examples of the ways that formula reps peddle
their  products in hospitals and doc offices in her upcoming article for
Salon magazine.>>

a lamaze class couple planning to breastfeed, recently brought to class the
"club" type formula company video on the first days of parenting and infant
feeding that they recieved in response to a sin up form from their ob. The
video was then sent to their home.

Some quotes: "if bf is not possible or practical"...."a formula that gives
results similar to those seen in bf infants"...." after 7 yr clinical
research... closer to B milk" . Some quotes from the 4 Pediatricians and one
NP : "it gives them a sense of this is ok for my baby if it's ok for the
doctor's baby...stools softer just like when on b milk......nutritionally
complete...leads to healthy babies....making parenting easier.......I can't
imagine giving anybody a better recommendation than saying that's what I fed
my kids".

to quote a famous bf advocate......"ACK!"

Deb

Deborah Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway
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