Maybe the discharge pack could contain cash.  The
dollar equivalent of the formula sample.  Moms could
buy vegies, chocolate, or a cute onesie.  Whatever
seems most useful.  Now that's a choice!  If mothers
knew the dollar amount involved, this would drive the
true price and nature of the discharge pack home. 
What are we fighting about here, five bucks?  Twenty? 
What does one pack cost the company buying off a
vulnerable postpartum mom & babe?  Is this number
worth duking it out with a hospital bill in the
thousands lying on the floor?  

Especially interesting is the price difference between
the "Bf" discharge pack & the "AIM feeding" discharge
pack.  When I visit hospital closets & compare bags,
the bf moms have a much bigger can of AIM.  

Cash envelopes would also take less space in closets. 
Instead of storing marketing supplies for large
multinational companies at no charge, hospitals could
turn these areas into juice bars for the nurses or
pumping rooms for staff use.  Hmmmm.

But the thing hospital administrators & government
officials keep forgetting is that mothers are
grown-ups.  They do not need party favors or prize
trinkets as they leave the birthing party.

Susan Johnson MFA, IBCLC
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

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