This is from the Breastfeeding Buying List:
" A breast pump is vital to assist in the breast feeding process and helps
you control your feeding routine so you can express even when baby is not
ready to feed and providing you with milk reserves"
How did I ever manage with just my breasts and babies?!

This should be criminal.
Chayn Fogelman Israel

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Rachel Myr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Like Lara, I discovered that this is an Aussie company. The pump Norma
> referred to seems to be a cross between an Avent and an Ameda, or maybe a
> Medela, since they boast of two-phase technology, the pump looks like an
> Ameda model but the collection system looks like it has the removal soft
> silicone insets of Avent.  The patent lawyers should have a field day with
> this outfit.
> www.cherubbaby.com.au
> Bottles abound all over the site, and the breastfeeding info is just
> ridiculous.  I read the 'breastfeeding guidelines', which contained
> detailed
> descriptions of numerous pumps, and the only thing it actually said about
> breastfeeding was this: 'Although breastfeeding is an entirely natural
> process, it can be difficult to get it right...  ...Breastfeeding may take
> a
> few weeks for both yourself and baby to get used to and as time goes by the
> breastfeeding process becomes easier.  Some Mothers find they are not able
> to feed baby directly.  They may suffer from painful nipples or baby simply
> may not take to the breast.  If this is the case you can still breast feed
> baby through the use of breast pumps.  Breast pumps are a great tool to
> assist with breastfeeding for both Mothers who breastfeed baby directly and
> Mothers who rely completely on breastpumps.  These days there is a breast
> pump available for every event or circumstance (insert sound of Rachel,
> groaning loudly, here).
> Then, there is a rundown of all the different kinds of pumps - did you know
> that 'An electric breast pump that is also battery operated is ideal to
> enable you to use it on the go and also just around the house'?  or that
> 'Manual breast pumps are also used to assist in the letdown phase and once
> milk begins to flow Mother switches to an electric breast pump'?  Live and
> learn, ulp.
> They even provide appliances for drivers who drink from bottles, as this
> testimonial from Darcy, in Virginia, USA shows:
> 'The Cherub Natritherm car bottle warmer is just so handy. I simply plug it
> into my car cigarette lighter and pop the bottle in and it heats my bottle
> in no time. The heatcell wrap band fits snugly all the way around the
> bottle
> so it heats evenly. I don't know how we went out without it.'
> But what about this?  From the frighteningly garbled section on advice for
> the first few days after you come home with your baby: "Mobiles should be
> kept out of reach and should items which may enable baby to use as steps to
> escape from their cot."  Ooh, yes, I'll definitely make a note of that!
> The most depressing thing is that they have their own IBCLC, an ILCA member
> in Queensland (I checked), named Maree Crepinsek.  She is profiled on a
> separate page on the website where she states she is pursuing a master's
> degree with research on mastitis, after having previously set up two
> mother-baby clinics funded by pharmacies.  See for yourselves what you
> think
> of the advice she gives; I was taken aback by how poor, and uninformative,
> it was.  The quality of writing on the website in general is extremely low.
> I would steer far clear of any products from this company.  Based on their
> own website, they look like true bottom feeders in the big ocean of
> commercial enterprises aimed at lactating women.
> Rachel Myr
> Kristiansand, Norway
>
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