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Forgive me if this has already been answered.
I can answer the question about "Hygeia" brand name. Hygiea is a
greek word and comes from the greek "goddess of Health"
That is how the name was choosen. I'm guessing they had no knowledge
of it's previous use for a bottle company.
Ilene Fabisch, IBCLC/RLC
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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:55:48 EDT
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Subject: Hygeia
Patricia says,
<<my understanding... and i am happy to be corrected... all=
of the company are past medela employees.... their main product is a
breas=
tpump that appears to be a combination of pumps of other companies.....
the=
y have a "hospital" grade rental pump and a "personal" pump that is
designe=
d for muti user.>>
The "green pump" has been FDA approved for multiple users. The idea
being
that if you purchase their "personal pump" you can hand it off to your
sister/cousin/aunt/girlfriend/boyfriend and they can use it too --
purchasing
a new kit for each person.
I did not see any latex/silicone teats at the "open house" I attended
(Patricia was there too -- we had old home week with all us old --
ummmm --
seasoned -- IBCLCs attending). "Bottles" were firmly attached to
pumps as
collection devices and were not in evidence as "alternatives to
breastfeeding" devices.
I'm not sure ALL the employees are former Medela employees, but the
ones
that were at our open house were. And many of those that I saw at
the ILCA
conference last summer were.
Hygeia has a commitment to being WHO Code compliant, and Richard
Weston's
business card states that he is the "WHO Code Compliance Officer."
Pat, I'm not sure where you got the impression that Hygeia was mainly a
feeding-bottle manufacturer.
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
Wheaton IL
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