Patricia, Several years ago I took care of a Mom who just had her second baby. She delivered her first child in a different state. That child a history of severe allergies and had been ill quite frequently, and suprise...was formula fed. Sometime between the first and second child, the parents did some research and discovered the advantages of breastfeeding and chose to breastfeed the second child. They were very angry that no one had told them about the benefits of breastmilk when they had the first child. The believe, justifiably, that their health care providers let them down. As far as Kathy's response about contacting a lawyer. I've never seen or heard of anyone doing this, but I work with a Pediatrician who strongly believes this is a possibility. If he has a patient who choses to breastfeed after he has counseled them on the benefits of breastfeeding, he documents his teaching in the progress note to cover himself in case they ever come back and try to sue on the basis that their child got x disease or had a lower IQ because he was not breastfed and they didn't know this was a possibility. If no other reason forces HCP to tell moms the benefits of breastfeeding, maybe the threat of lawsuit will. Too bad it may take this, when breastfeeding has so many wonderful advantages that it should stand on it's own. Beckie Trevino, RN, IBCLC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html