Speaking from a USA perspective here: I appreciate Gail's comments on this thread. She explains about "the same message repeated over and over and over and over tends to take on a life of its own" and about salespeople in suits. However, nowadays there is too much information about breastfeeding available to the general public and to the physicians in journals. (Entire journals devoted to the subject - peds journals, in the past NAACOG, perinatology journals, etc). There are lactation consultants in many many hospitals repeatedly sharing information. There are surgeon generals reports and DHHS Blueprints. There are Healthy People 2000 and 2010 Goals, there are ACOG and AAP policies and conference sessions and more. Doctors who do not promote, protect, and support breastfeeding are doing something unethical, in my opinion. I really think they need the business (sick children), and/or are getting some perks from the formula companies. I'm sorry if this offends anyone, but I've seen it too many times. Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN New Orleans Louisiana, s.e. USA _________________________________________________________________ Concerned that messages may bounce because your Hotmail account is over limit? Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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