Hi All, I, too, am not real pleased with our country's desire to have a lawsuit for anythng and everything. However, when it comes to BF mismanagement, I think there should be and should have been many lawsuits already. My reasoning is this: 1) Someone (Dr, hosp, healthcare prov.) has not given proper info, care, etc to the BF mom, therefore resulting in failure of BF 2) When BF fails due to a healthcare providers negligence, or bad info, there are more than 2 injured parties The injured parties start out with: the mom (feeling guilty, angry and betrayed that she wasn't given the proper attention, help, info) the baby (now forced, without his/her consent, to be on ABM, that will cause him/her to be ill more often and have lifelong health problems that may have been avoided completely had BF not failed) the parents of the baby (who are now forced to buy all the needed gadgets that are required with ABM feeding, and who are now faced with the extra Dr. bills due to a baby who is ill more often because of the ABM) the healthcare system (which is now forced to pay the millions of $$ extra to care for the babies who are now forced to be fed ABM) Need I go on? THere are so many more victims when one mom has BF fail because of bad info, or negligence from the healthcare prov. Also, we have to look at the people around the mom who will not be exposed to BF as the norm, and will be more likely to ABM feed their baby because "so and so ABM fed their baby because she "couldn't" BF" . How much longer are we to allow this to continue? Moms and Dads must get mad enough when BF fails as a result of healthcare prov mismanagement to sue for damages, and as we know, there are a lot of damages, and the main victim injured is the baby. I think that in this type of case, Lawsuits, and BIG ones, are justified and reasonable. We aren't talking about something as dumb (IMHO) as someone putting sugar in their coffee (or what ever she was doing with it) between her legs, spills some, burn herself, and sues the company for making hot coffee. :/ We are talking about REAL damages caused by someone ELSE"S mistake or negligence, or simple lack of caring, or even bad training. "Must give the premie a bottle first to make sure they can suck" "Must stop BF and give a bottle of ABM to get rid of Jaundice" Must start bottles of supplement now because your baby is only gaining an oz a day" "must give ABM because your baby is allergic to your milk" "Must get your rest mom, have Dad give the baby a bottle of ABM at night so you can sleep" "Don't feed your baby every 2 hrs! You're over feeding him. Feed only every 3-4 hrs, and definitely NOT at night" "Follow the Ezzo plan. It's great!" When this type of garbage stops, and BF never fails, or ABM is used only when there is a medical reason (lack of glandular tissue, no human milk available, etc) then the need for lawsuits will also stop. So for now, it is MHO, that lawsuits are needed and needed badly to at least make a point and to help the families with their upcoming medical expenses. Jay Simpson, CLE Tired of moms and babies getting screwed by the idiots out there....