Hi, I hope this is Kosher. In my community we have several very vocal doctors that loudly complain about starting the mothers of babies that aren't eating pumping. They think that we should send the mothers home from the hospital on day 2 with a slightly yellow, sleepy baby and pray that he wakes up or some how gets his act together. And of course the mothers will not use the formula in the diaper bag we send home. I have heard Dr Nieford speak several times about lactation risk factors. I think her talk might convince the docs that we need to start the mothers pumping. I have talked to her and she could come to San Luis Obispo, California in September 12, 1997. My hospital is worried that we couldn't draw enough lactation specialist to pay for her fees. Please e-mail me if you would be interested in attending this meeting. We will set up ceu's for R.N., M.D. and IBCLC. The meeting agenda isn't set yet, but we also thought that we would get one of our pediatricians to talk about "red flags," in the well baby nursery. By the way weekends in the central coast of California in September are lovely. Again I hope posting this message is ok Andrea [log in to unmask] (805)543-6988