Laurie,  your 11-7 charge nurse, as Jack has said,  is just plain *hateful*
about breastfeeding, and doens't "believe in it, " probably because she has
deep-seated beliefs that relate to her own breastfeeding, mothering, or
feeding choices. It hits close to home, and me wonders why she protests so much.

I hope she is prepared to defend her position, because sometime in the
future, there will be some mother or family who has breastfeeding failure,
turns to formula, has a resulting  diabetic child, for example, and ***sues
both her and the hospital involved.** for negligence.

  I think that it is up to us as health care providers to REMOVE the biases
that we have about this issue that stem from our own lives, choices, and
parenting, and start promoting breastfeeding as the first line of action in
affordable health care.

I'd like to call for insurance rate  reductions for those who breastfeed,
don't smoke, don't drink to excess, wear seatbelts, etc.   Why not reward
those who do things that will promote health and not destroy it? Let those
who make other choices pay for them.

Grumpy in Vermont. Kathleen

Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet, Indep. Consultant
Williston, Vermont
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