Hi to all! I have learned so much in the last 6 or 7 years I have subscribed 
to LACTNET. Not just about the technical aspects of lactation, but also 
about how vital it is to improve the culture in the USA particularly so that 
more women and babies breastfeed. At the hospital where I deliver babies, 
there is an official move to revamp and improve the breastfeeding policies 
and to look at ways to improve our statistics. I am pushing for the hospital 
to go Baby Friendly. Several key players are in place to make this happen. 
The main barrier at this point will be the cost to the hospital to purchase 
formula for the formula feeding moms and also for the NICU. The manager is 
contacting the MJ rep to discuss how much $$ that will be. (Of course there 
are major ethical reasons, but sometimes the money people respond best to 
money reasons) I worry that she will receive inflated prices. I also plan to 
counter this cost with evidence about how much $$ breastfeeding will save, 
ie with the Kaiser study. My question is, how do we find out what a fair 
cost for formula will be for our hospital?  I would also like to have 
private communication with anyone who has been through this process. We are 
at the discussion stage and I want to lay an excellent plan out.

Jennifer Williams, CNM

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