In a message dated 12/17/2004 11:04:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
[log in to unmask] writes:

I think that  must be my post she was referring to where I said parents are 
given "free"  formula in the hospital....yes, I know it's not really "free" 
but to the  hospital it is.  


Dear Friends:
    Actually, from what I have learned from the  Baby-Friendly process, 
'free' formula actually does cost the hospital something.  The billing may be in 
another department than nursing, but hospitals do pay  something. 
    When maternity units have purchased their own  formula, and made it 
something that has to be counted (just like narcotics), the  use plummets! Lots of 
formula goes home in staff pockets and parents are  sometimes given lots more 
to go home with. Once formula has to be counted and  signed off, those 
activities stop. This is an amazing finding discovered  during the Baby-Friendly 
certification process.
    warmly,
 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth  Initiative

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