The problem which I have with the term "artificial breast milk" is that it actually implies that formula is _similar_ to breast milk. I've actually had this discussion with a local group of very breastfeeding savvy women, and they all seemed to feel that the term actually makes formula sound _better_ (than it is, not better than breastmilk). It's sort of like "synthetic vitamin E" and "natural vitamin E". They are both vitamin E. I agree that the "artificial" is a good contrast to the naturalness of breastmilk, but why dignify formula by calling it "breast milk" at all (artificial or otherwise)? *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html