HOW DARE THEY!!!!!!!! They should have had child care as part of the actual conference. Now whenever I attend conferences I make a point about asking about the child care (the last conf I went to was at a resort and took my husband and kids along because of child care & bf needs - and didn't he bitch about being stuck there with the kids...). All the NMAA seminars and Baby Food Action seminars I go to have child care, free! I make a point of offering child care for conferences where I work, so that it is factored in to the conference advertising. I am utterly stunned by their approach. Again, perhaps we shouldn't be asking, but assuming it is there and get thrown out publicly? >From: Janet Simpson <[log in to unmask]> > >Hi all! >Had to tell you of an experience I just went through. You won't believe it. >I attended a conference about issues, assessments and techniques of >breastfeeding this past Saturday. It turned out to be full of wonderful info >(though some of it was WAY above my head!) and I learned a lot. I also >learned that BF discrimination is still rampant even within the BF education >community! <snip> >It's bad enough to get harrassed out in public about nurturing our children >by BF, but to get it at a BF conference sponsored by a hosp. is ludicrous! >Any comments? >Janet >(Sick and tired of double standards and discrimination!) ME TOO! ******************************************************************** * Narelle Clark [log in to unmask] * * Data Network Administrator ph: +612 330 2030 * * University of Technology, Sydney fax: +612 330 1994 * * PO Box 123 Broadway 2007 * * NSW AUSTRALIA * * Whoever said this was an Information Superhighway * * hasn't followed a Kangaroo Trail! It looks the same to me! * ********************************************************************