On July 14, 2008, I asked my area Medela rep if she knew anything about the
info in the below message.  To date, I have not heard back as to what is
Medela's reaction to the fact that the lactation community is concerned
about the below.  What is going on with Medela?  Why is it being so flagrant
in undermining breastfeeding?  Does it not realize what it is doing, or is
it doing so well financially that it no longer needs the support of IBCLCs?

What is ILCA going to do about Medela?  What about the inside cover of JHL?
Does anyone who is going to the conference want to report back to LACTNET
and let us know what is discussed about Medela and the three issues:  1) WHO
Code violations; 2) Pump rentals by uninformed/poorly trained Babies R Us
employees; and 3) Using IBCLCs to help with "marketing their bottles
appropriately to consumers."

 

Item #3 reminds me of how RNs are used by the ABM companies to promote ABM
in the hospitals/pediatric offices.  I am feeling that Medela is using
IBCLCs.

 

Warm regards,

Lee Galasso, MS, LLLL, IBCLC, RLC

Westchester County in NYS, USA

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"Children Are Born with the Right to Breastfeed"

 

-----Original Message-----
I was recently emailing with someone with links to the Middle East and she
reported that Medela is coopting IBCLCs there to help them to market their
bottles "appropriately" to consumers...of course there is no way of
ethically marketing bottles to consumers. How much harm is being done around
the world?

In conversation with someone the other day I was reminded of why the
International Code exists. It is not there to make things difficult (as some
seem to believe) but to make things easy. ABA [Australian Breastfeeding
Association] was recently awarded "Retailer of the Year" by Medela in
Australia. I love ABA, I really do, and any of you who have heard me speak
know that I have been proud of being associated with ABA. But if ABA
continues to promote and support a company that breaches the International
Code, and so aid in harming mothers and babies, I really do not know what I
will do. 

Karleen Gribble; Australia

 

 

 


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