In a message dated 11/20/2007 10:57:22 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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Mothers  who "need" to use bottles because they "need" to leave their babies
for  extended periods for employment reasons need better MATERNITY  PROTECTION
LAWS in their country, not group instructions on  bottle-feeding

Dear Friends:
    Yes, in an ideal world, this topic wouldn't even  need discussion. I 
agree with Linda.
However, what do women do now?
    I just learned that the big insurer in Delaware  (Blue Cross/Blue Shield) 
is raising health insurance premiums 21% in  2008 and also eliminating 
routine Well Mother/Baby visits. The only women  that will be receiving nurse visits 
will be those that are high risk. Meanwhile  the PA legislature is 
considering the drastic act of limiting handgun purchases  to ONLY one a month. (I know 
those are 2 different states, and that one topic  has nothing to do with the 
other.........and both facts have entered my  consciousness today.)
    Doesn't the CEO of an insurance company realize he  will take home 
another million or two in salary if women breastfed according to  the Healthy 2010 
goals?
    Mothers and babies are at the bottom of the  political hierarchy in the 
USA.......who will take care of us when we are old if  the babies that are born 
now have a 1 in 3 chance of developing diabetes (CDC  2000)? Lack of 
breastfeeding is the first step to diabetes and  obesity.................how 
disconnected from the essentials of health and life  can a nation get?
    Despairing today........
    warmly,

Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
_www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com_ (http://www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com/) 
www.myspace/AdonicaLee



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