I do not see the campaign as 'scare tactics'. It is getting the message out to let people know that there are risks associated with not breastfeeding and people have a right to know this. There will be many parents who will not want to put their new baby into that higher risk category and some who will not believe it but the longer the message is shared the more that message will get across. And many new mothers who had never thought about there being a difference will know that there is. I feel it will even cause many mothers to try harder, and not give up at the first sign of difficulty. We just had a 6 month old die of the flu in a community near here. I bet he wasn't being breastfed. I could be wrong, but wouldn't it have been nice if that mother had known and believed how important breastfeeding was to her baby's health. And the 11 month old granddaughter of a coworker of my husbands has been battling the flu or something for over 2 weeks. Of course she 'weaned herself' at 3-1/2 months. I suggested she try to convince her daughter to relactate and she looked at me like I was from Mars. And then there is my neighbor who is angry that she has to go to school 3 times a day to check her daughters blood sugar because she has had diabetes since she was 3. (Now 8) She wonders why she was never told about the diabetes risk when she was pregnant or after the birth and she is angry. There is diabetes in the family on both sides so she definitely would have listened. The campaign is not to scare people but to inform them to make a choice based upon real information. Cheryl *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html