Hi Martha,

My occasional (not all the time, but when I'm feeling particularly zealotish)
response to moms who call with complaints about certain pumps  which often
don't get anything out.... "Well, this company, like many others, primarily
sells formula.  It has an obligation to its stockholders to sell as much
formula as possible to make their stockholders a lot of money.  So, it isn't
in their best interest to produce a truly effective pump.  but if they can
make a bit of money off the pump, and then make you think it is your fault
when you can't pump any milk, and then you buy formula and/or stop bf your
baby -- they've won all the way around.  Pretty nifty marketing.  Sort of
like RJ R------- making stop smoking patches."  And the moms say, "Wow, I
never thought about it quite like that before."  And sometimes I'm able to
save the bf.

Jan B - feeling annoyed with ABM CO. in general tonight.