Return-path: [log in to unmask] From: [log in to unmask] Full-name: ValkyriePx Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 21:48:21 EDT Subject: goodie bags revisited-long To: [log in to unmask] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 26 Just an update on my OB and his staff handing out goodie bags. First I told him that ethically I could not accept the goodie bag his office staff gave me and handed it back to him. I pointed out that there were 76 advertisements in the package and over 50% of them were from formula and pharmaceutical companies. I provided documentation refuting all of the incorrect information in his goodie bag. (The BF info handout was printed by the Arizona Dairy Council for pity's sake!!) I included the 1997 AAP statement, the WHO code, "just one bottle," "Breastfeeding vs Bottle-feeding" and addresses to a couple of websites including "No Free Lunch." I gave him copies of some more accurate handouts, as well as some Lansinoh samples which come on flyers printed by LLLI that have good info on them. Hopefully he will contact them for samples to put in his New & Improved goodie bags. I showed him my copy of Hale and promised him one of his own. He immediately looked up a med. that had come in to question the previous weekend and said "So she didn't have to quit breastfeeding after all," I'm sad for that mom-happy for future patients. Happily my Dr was appalled at how heavily weighted towards formula feeding his handouts were. Even more happily I believe he will actually read the documentation I gave him as he asked how long he could keep it in his possession to read it. He plans on starting a better file of BF support info. The best part came at the end when he was telling me how supportive of breastfeeding his office was. I stated "I know you are supportive of Breastfeeding but what message do your patients get when you hand them a bag of formula samples?" he stopped in the middle of the hallway with the most introspective look I have ever seen. I left him to think about it. Feeling very proud of myself Cheryl L Tompkins CLC Phoenix AZ USA