Dear Friends:
    Reading of Esther's and other's dilemmas with poor  hospital staffing is 
so sad. Seems to be a trend, at least in hospitals where  mothers I see 
deliver.
   It is still true in some parts of the world that one  suffers in a 
hospital unless one has family or friends to come assist. In some  hospitals in the 
world, patients don't get fed unless food is provided by  families.
    That is another solution: put recliners in rooms  for family members to 
stay. Birth and breastfeeding are community events;  clearly hospitals can't 
even come close to meeting the needs for community. I  plan on camping out in my 
daughter's room, when the time comes.
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth  Initiative

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