-Jennifer, please share responses to your questions with the list-I think a
lot of us would like to know those answers....thanks Nancy Hoehn, WHNP,
IBCLC
----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer williams [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:21 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Baby steps for Baby Friendly [bcc][faked-from]
Hi to all! I have learned so much in the last 6 or 7 years I have subscribed
to LACTNET. Not just about the technical aspects of lactation, but also
about how vital it is to improve the culture in the USA particularly so that
more women and babies breastfeed. At the hospital where I deliver babies,
there is an official move to revamp and improve the breastfeeding policies
and to look at ways to improve our statistics. I am pushing for the hospital
to go Baby Friendly. Several key players are in place to make this happen.
The main barrier at this point will be the cost to the hospital to purchase
formula for the formula feeding moms and also for the NICU. The manager is
contacting the MJ rep to discuss how much $$ that will be. (Of course there
are major ethical reasons, but sometimes the money people respond best to
money reasons) I worry that she will receive inflated prices. I also plan to
counter this cost with evidence about how much $$ breastfeeding will save,
ie with the Kaiser study. My question is, how do we find out what a fair
cost for formula will be for our hospital? I would also like to have
private communication with anyone who has been through this process. We are
at the discussion stage and I want to lay an excellent plan out.
Jennifer Williams, CNM
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