I think my posting limit is about up for the day, so I'll say a couple
things in one post.

Lisa, I am absolutely in favor of co-pays or another sort of financial
disincentive.
Having worked for the last 10 yrs in 2 states with very low bf rates, and in
hospitals with
very high Medicaid and WIC participation, I totally agree that the whole WIC
formula
situation has to be revamped. I do firmly beleive this is a big barrier to
breastfeeding.

Re bedsharing: I did bedshare with my kids and I totally believe in it.
However, I do see
quite a bit of heavily sedated mothers and virtually all mothers with
epidurals who are sometimes
not even moving their lower bodies yet. This would concern me
with "bedsharing" in hospital,
so I do think "co-sleeping," as Morgan explained it, would be quite a viable
option. The sidecar baby bed
seems a good idea. I think some on lactnet have them at their hospitals and
might comment
on it.

Sometimes a volunteer organization or ladies auxiliary at the hospital will
have some funds or do a fundraiser for this sort of purchase, And often they

love to do something that will be for moms/babies and a "feel good" project,
and it probably
wouldn't be as costly as, say, buying an MRI machine.
Laurie Wheeler RN MN IBCLC
MISSISSIPPI USA

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