I agree with Diane's take on this issue.  Well said.

Nancy
Nancy E. Wight MD, IBCLC, FABM,  FAAP
Neonatologist
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and  Newborns
Medical Director, Sharp HealthCare Lactation Services
San Diego,  CA
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In a message dated 8/4/2010 5:43:25 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
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Date:    Wed, 4 Aug 2010 08:13:53 -0400
From:   Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Medela at  ILCA

I'm a day late and a dollar short in this conversation, so maybe  this has
been covered, but I'm wondering:

What was Marsha Walker's  take on Lansinoh's presence.

As a wider issue, I'd love to see us all  acknowledge that even the
strictest
Code compliance is by no means the end  of the story.  I'd love to see a
broader assessment of what's in the  best interests of mothers and babies
when conference exhibitors are  chosen.  Which is worse for mothers and
babies - turning away a major  pump company because it provides bottle
teats?
Or accepting a swaddling  blanket manufacturer that promotes its product as
"the perfect discharge  gift"?  As far as I know there's zero research to
support the  swaddling of newborns, while assorted studies indicate reduced
cueing and  feeding, reduced weight gain, impaired circulation, delayed and
reduced  milk supply, and rougher maternal handling with newborn swaddling.
Yet the  swaddling blanket company passed muster as an exhibitor.

I'd  like to keep the Code as a minimum standard, rely on outside  expert
interpretation of its finer points, and take a close and careful  look at
the
mother-baby friendliness of *all* exhibitors.

Diane  Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY




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