05 October 2011

Is Breastfeeding Being Undermined By Hospital Freebies?

CHICAGO -- Jessica Ewald brought more than a new baby boy home when she gave birth earlier this year. Like many new moms, she got a hospital goody bag, with supplies including free infant formula and formula coupons.
"We gave it away the moment we came home because I said I'm not having that in our house," Ewald said... 
Borrowing a line from a blogger, Ewald says hospitals sending newborns home with formula "is like giving somebody divorce papers at their wedding." It can really undermine a woman's determination to breast-feed, she said.
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>> Everyone loves a freebie and new mums get whole bag full of these when they leave the hospital after giving birth. Should formula samples be in that goody bag?