The questions you raised about dining/dealing with the devil were ones that I
have longed wondered about myself...

Infact, yesterday an abm rep came on the unit to give the nurses their new bf
booklet for moms.  At a brief glance, it does not have any overt pics of abm,
just their logo on the cover . The rep said she was very proud of her company
as they want to work *with* LC's and bf families and not compete with them.

The authors are 3 IBCLC's and one well respected RN with a DNSc.

I have always held strong to not displaying brocheures, etc with the free
advertising of abm companies.  The staff is now enlightened to not display
this info on the unit either.

Now, along comes this booklet. I'm confused.  Is this selling out?  Are we as
LC's going to take the info and present it to parents if it is sound and make
it available especially with budgetary constraints that hosp's are
undergoing???

As Margery you have asked, where do we draw the line? Any thoughts?  Have you
seen this booklet I'm describing?

Elisa

Elisa Hirsch, RN, IBCLC
Westlake Village, CA where it is a lovely warm spring day...to those in the
cold and snow, hang in there spring IS coming to you soon, too!