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Pat Young <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:56:43 -0400
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Yesterday, on my way to work, I was listening to GMA.  A sweet young thing 
was explaining what you need to have on hand to prepare for disasters.  Of 
course she mentioned formula because mom's milk will dry up from stress. 
Just thought you'd all like to know that.  I was so mad I couldn't see 
straight - dangerous when you are driving!  Of course, my comments went to 
GMA as soon as I got to a computer!  Pat in SNJ
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This morning on Good Morning America I heard a totally inaccurate and 
misleading statement!  The reorter stated that people need infant formula in 
their basic supplies because breastfeeding mothers dry up because of stress 
and will need formula to feed their babies.

First of all, breastfeeding is the preferred way to feed babies.
2nd WHO< UNICEF and the American Academy of Pediatrics all agree that 
breastfeeding is the preferred way to feed babies in extenuating 
circumstances, like a natural disaster.
3rd Mothers of newborns in hurricane paths need to be encouraged and given 
the tools to sucessfully breastfeed.  A bottle of formula is on the path to 
failure of breastfeeding.

I hope you contact real experts like Dr. Lawrence Gartner or Dr Nancy Wight 
or WHO and get together a better presentation on what a newborn and his/her 
mother needs in the face of a disaster. 

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