A couple of months ago on a post discharge follow up call, a woman told me she had only been breastfeeding since she arrived home from the hospital because she did not have any formula in the house. Of course I praised her and assured her that breastfeeding the baby for every feeding would help ensure a plentiful milk supply. But I thought about it later, did her comment mean that if she had formula on hand would she have used it? I think probably so. I work at an inner city hospital and most of our patients combine formula with breastfeeding, and earlier than when LCs recommend. Our NM likes the abm companies and many of our patients get TWO gift packs at discharge, so I don't know how this woman was missed, but sure was glad to hear the baby was exclusively breastfeeding the first week. Staying warm in Minnesota Susan Potts, RN IBCLC On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 00:03:02 -0500 Automatic digest processor <[log in to unmask]> writes: ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]