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Katherine writes,
>The real cost is in giving up
>all the other money the formula companies "give" the hospital in return for
>handing out their formula, which may run into the millions of dollars...

And isn't it amazing that the formula companies will do this for the
hospitals even though studies have "shown" that giving moms this  formula
to take home has NO impact on the outcome of breastfeeding? It looks like
very poor business practice, doesn't it? ;)

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee
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