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Wed, 3 Dec 1997 23:57:01 -0500
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I apologize for my most recent post being sent before completed (courtesy
of my teenager).
Jan, I am with you on the pump companies being more responsible for who is
handing out the pumps....this is really a sore spot with me.  I asked our
local pump rep. about this and was told that the "retail" division was
completely separate from the "professional" division.  Why???  It
infuriates me to know that women can go to this clothing store in my town,
buy an expensive layette and casually be sold a breast pump by someone that
has NEVER even put a pump together (this salesperson never fails to tell
the moms to use tea bags on sore nipples and to limit bf to 10 min. per
breast...AARRGGGHH!!!
I realize that pumps are very helpful in certain situations, and did not
mean to sound in my previous post that I never advise breastpumps to be
used.  However, I do feel that pumps are way over-rated, and certainly NOT
a necessity in normal bf situations.  I teach my moms hand expression, and
if they want information about pumps, I also give them this and refer them
to a pump depot in town.  If the mom truly cannot afford a pump and needs
one, I do have several small breastpumps that are available for loan.  If
the mom is separated from baby because of hospitalization, I refer them to
a durable medical goods supplier that accepts Medicaid reimbursement for
pumps.
I have recently begun a very small private business in addition to my work
at WIC.  So far I have not felt that I need to stock pumps (the mom has
usually already been to the clothing store) but time will tell....
And about those pillows...I feel that we are just a gaget crazy society.
It reminds of the ad that was in a baby catalog awhile back..it showed a
mom in a "special" nightgown, seated in a "special" glider, with her feet
on a certain "special" stool, and her baby on one of those "special"
pillows.  If I would have seen an ad like that 17 yrs ago when I was
thinking about bf my first born, I would have said, "Yikes, I cannot afford
to bf!!".
                         Pam Holland, BS, IBCLC
                         WIC BF Coordinator, Savannah, GA

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