Patricia said:        <<I was told the local hospital was recommending
playtex nurser bags for storage.... Information from K.F's book says that
they are intended for milk
storage and for freezing... they are made of  polyethylene as are the inside
layers of the other major ones SO.....my question is.. why not?>>

I second this question.  Seems to me that making storage seem difficult or
expensive has far more potential for discouraing moms from BFing than
alchohol questions.  If the Playtex bags are being sold for formula users,
does something leech into the formula, too?  I suspect this is outdated
information...  And I just know that most moms I talk to want an easy way to
store milk when they return to work.  They don't want to have to buy oodles
of bottles, and they don't have enough room in their freezers to store oodles
of bottles, either.  I tell them to use Playtex bags, and still need a good
reason to change this recommendation.  NOTE: premies, I suggest the expensive
bags- and Patricia's post makes me wonder if that's even necessary.

Isn't the nutrient loss pretty negligable for babies of working moms who BF
most of the feedings, anyway?

PS: I just read the post where Playtex rep said the milk should only be
stored for two weeks.  I'm not sure I buy this- isn't this the kind of
deliberately restrictive statement the formula companies give about storing
breastmilk?  Of course the bags should be kept within another rigid container
and kept totally frozen and all that- and then I can't imagine why a two week
limitation...
Sue Jacoby, IBCLC & LLLL