In a message dated 9/6/2005 7:27:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: While I'm on my post-hurricane rant about the importance of us tackling this issue from the front end, I have a question: Where is the AAP on this? Isn't it time they issue some huge, loud and flashy press release urging women in the storm-affected areas to breastfeed? Oh yes, yes, I agree... This is what is driving me the MOST crazy and keeping me from sleeping at night. Will someone please, someone important, someone with credentials up the ying yang, come to the media-- ALL of it and make this life saving announcement? Why doesn't this happen, day after deadly day? Where is Dr. Sears? Dr. Jack Newman? Miriam Labbock? All the MD's on the LLLI Health Committees? The Surgeon General? The Director of WHO? Unicef? WIC? Doesn't the media want to hear what they have to say? I can hear the babies crying in my head, when I close my eyes and I cannot bear it. I have gone to the Red Cross begging them to let me go to any of the shelters, and help get mothers and babies breastfeeding and they look at me blankly responding with "Oh there are more important things than that to be done" or, "Honey, there will be doctors to take care of that." Oh sure. So, they insist that I take their two day course in Crisis work over this next weekend and I suppose I will have to do that to appease them and get my foot in the door, but I just hope they don't give me some menial job. Even if they do, I suppose there is no way they could stop me from lifting the shirts of mothers and getting their babies latched. Ann Conlon-Smith, IBCLC, Raleigh,NC *********************************************** 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