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I like the comparison of breastmilk being as complex a substance as
blood. (Perhaps the soldiers will relate to *that*, lol.) If you
were in need of a transfusion, would you want a reconstituted
processed bovine product, or the real thing, matched to your own
type, from a real person? Just as there is no satisfactory
substitute for human blood, there is really no substitute for human
milk with all its species-specific (not to mention baby-specific)
properties.
Also, I know soldiers don't make a lot of money, so hitting them in
the pocketbook might be effective. I know an Army officer who taught
Army basics to new enlistees. He pointedly stated that all of them
had a *responsibility* to the Army and to taxpayers to breastfeed
their children or encourage their partners to do so, because of the
increased costs of formula-feeding -- not just the cost of the stuff
itself, of course, but the higher health-care costs.
Margaret
LLLL
Longmont, Colorado
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>Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 16:36:05 -0700
>From: Theresa Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Help with a short presentation...please!
>
>I must give a very short presentation over a small
>part of the health benefits of breastfeeding to a
>diverse group of mostly military soldiers from around
>the hospital. Very few from OB or peds. I want to
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