I hope I didn't mess up the interpretation of The Code by paraphrasing. I 
really think a simple algorithm like I have mentioned would really help 
professionals better discern what is and what is not addressed by The Code.

Michelle H. Kinne BA IBCLC RLC ICCE CD(DONA) CLE



------------Thank you Michelle :-) What bothers me (yesssssssssssss I keep 
on nagging about it :-)))))) is the next step. Medela is a code-violator, 
just as Avent is. If an organisation (whatever type, varying from bf-orgs to 
magazines to hospitals) has in their bylaws (or whatever these statement are 
called) that they live their life and do the things they do 
"WHO-code-compliant", is it no problem then to accept adverts/money etc. 
from companies who are code-violators, even if they advert/money doesn't 
directly promote ABM, bottles, teats?
I suspect thát part of the discussion belongs on the plate of IBFAN, doesn't 
it? It is the "no financial liaisons"- thing, right?

I have sooooooo much (personal!) trouble with te lovey-dovey-baby-mother 
adverts on pumps, from Avent and Medela, in magazines which claim to be 
"code-compliant". I knów, oh yés I do know pumps are not "under" the code. 
But boy, do these adverts annoy me, irritate me.

And taking it one step further: even if the products in the adverts are not 
"under" the code, I feel a sort of ethical resistance by putting adverts in 
magazins who claim to be "code-compliant". This is where the bigger picture 
comes in for me: HA! In the Netherlands we (Medela and Avent) are clearly 
present in code-compliant magazines, taraaaaaaa, we are very good companies, 
we are endorsed by Important Dutch Magazines.
You understand what I mean?

I'll throw in Yoda one more time. As my motto in my work :-))

Lydia, LLL, Netherlands
Don't try, do. Or do not. There is no try. ~ Yoda

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