This was sent to the doula list I belong to by Polly Perez. I thought some
of you also might be interested in writing in support of keeping it open.
Corrine Mahar-Sylvestre
Quinte Doula Service
Postpartum Support Program of Quinte
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"Perhaps we share stories in much the same spirit that explorers share maps,
hoping to speed each others journey, but knowing the journey we make will be
our own"
Gloria Steinem on motherhood
----- Original Message -----
From: "Polly Perez" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "doula list" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 1:39 PM
Subject: DOULA: continuing ed- Only Human Milk Bank in Canada May Be Closed
> ()()()()()()()()()()
> Only Human Milk Bank in Canada May Be Closed
> brent rooney <[log in to unmask]>
>
> August 30, 2000
> Ms. E. Riley
> B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver, Canada
>
>
> Open letter to Ms. E. Riley,
> Should Canada's only human breast milk bank be closed?
> Spokesperson Ms. E. Riley (B.C. Children's Hospital in
> Vancouver) made this startling statement: "While we strongly
> support [???] breast feeding, there is extensive clinical
> research documening that formula fed newborns are not
> disadvantaged in their development and growth in comparison
> to breast fed babies." (ALIVE, Sept. 2000, p. 59)
>
> If a 5'7" adult weighing 350 pound who was exclusively
> formula fed as a baby read your statement, I'm sure she'll
> get a warm feeling all over. But I must compliment you, Ms.
> Riley on crafting a sentence with the sly implication that
> good health is to be equated with "development and growth."
> Ms. Riley, is obesity in children ages 5-6 years a healthy
> state? In 1999 the very prestigious British Medical Journal
> reported that babies exclusively fed breast milk for 6-12
> months had a 43% reduced risk of being obese when they
> reached age 5-6 years.(1)
>
> Do you, Ms. Riley, in fact, equate "development and growth"
> with good health? Assuming the answer is "yes", would the
> fact that babies getting no breast milk have 4.2 TIMES (!!)
> the risk of paralytic poliomyelitis as breast fed babies
> impress you?(2) Another prestigious medical journal is
> Lancet which reported that artificially fed (i.e. formula
> fed) children had a 75% higher risk of cancer compared to
> those receiving breast milk for at least 6 months .(3) Ms.
> Riley, if you can provide specific medical journal
> references showing that formula fed babies are healthier
> than exclusively breast fed babies, please fell free to do
> so. The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommend breast
> milk for "at least 12 months and as long thereafter as
> mutually desired."(4) Breast milk, a minimum of 12 months,
> is the healthiest food (bar none) for the newborn, do you
> not agree, Ms. Riley?
>
> Babies deserve the best, not artificial substitutes,
> Brent Rooney
> www.vcn.bc.ca/~whatsup
>
> References
>
> (1) British Medical Journal. Kries R, et al. Breast
> feeding and obesity: cross sectional study. 1999;
> 319:147-150
>
> (2) British Medical Journal. Pisacane A, et al.
> Role of Breast Feeding in Paralytic Poliomyelitis.
> 1992;305:1367
>
> (3) The Lancet. Davies M, et al. Infant Feeding and
> Childhood Cancer. 1988 (13 August):365-368
>
> (4) American Family Physician. Saenz RB.
> Breast-feeding and Infant Oral Health. 2000;
> 62:506
>
>
>
>
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