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Feds Encourage Breastfeeding to Help Reduce Health Care Costs

On Thursday, U.S. Surgeon-General Regina Benjamin issued a “call to action,“ urging everyone to ”help make breastfeeding easier.” While breastfeeding helps protect babies from illness and may protect mothers from breast and ovarian cancers, Benjamin also noted a study in the journal Pediatrics that estimates the United States could save $13 billion every year in health care costs if 90 percent of American babies were breastfed.

Feds Encourage Breastfeeding to Help Reduce Health Care Costs

U.S. Surgeon-General Regina Benjamin

“I believe that we as a nation are beginning to see a shift in how we think and talk about breastfeeding,” said Dr. Benjamin. “With this ‘Call to Action,’ I am urging everyone to help make breastfeeding easier.”

So how can on “help” facilitate breastfeeding?  It turns out, it’s a community effort.

The Surgeon-General is making the following recommendations, via CNSNews.com:

– Communities should expand and improve programs that provide mother-to-mother support and peer counseling.

– Health care systems should ensure that maternity care practices provide education and counseling on breastfeeding. Hospitals should become more “baby-friendly,” by taking steps like those recommended by the UNICEF/WHO’s Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (UNICEF and WHO are United Nations agencies).

– Clinicians should be trained to properly care for breastfeeding mothers and babies. They should promote breastfeeding to their pregnant patients and make sure that mothers receive the best advice on how to breastfeed.

– Employers should work toward establishing paid maternity leave and high-quality lactation support programs. Employers should expand the use of programs that allow nursing mothers to have their babies close by so they can feed them during the day. They should also provide women with break time and private space to express breast milk.

– Families should give mothers the support and encouragement they need to breastfeed. Family members can help mothers prepare for breastfeeding and support their continued breastfeeding, including after her return to work or school.

“Many mothers who attempt to breastfeed say several factors impede their efforts, such as a lack of support at home; absence of family members who have experience with breastfeeding; a lack of breastfeeding information from health care clinicians; a lack of time and privacy to breastfeed or express milk at the workplace; and an inability to connect with other breastfeeding mothers in their communities,” the surgeon-general said.

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  • benrush
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:09am

    It’s not the suggestion of breast feeding that I rail against. It’s the idea that the government promotes a particular version of baby feeding against all other options. And I also question their motive for doing so. To save money on health care? Why should they need to save money, why are they IN BUSINESS in the first place?

    Where did they derive the power, to open up a business, and then promote it?

    If I can’t force my neighbor to run a business, then neither can I delegate the power to the government to run a business, or to be a doctor.

    The proper realm of a government is to provide for our defense, and have fire and police protection, because I and my neighbors CAN get together and hire guards for our property, and therefore, we can also delegate that power and authority to the government.

    It’s all about proper principles, properly applied.

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  • benrush
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:03am

    That’s a great question – are we citizens?

    Or are we subjects?

    Too many statists think we are the latter. Too few citizens realize the responsibility of citizenship is to speak out against any incursion by the government into the domain of our citizenship. It is our civic duty to govern ourselves, not to allow the takeover of individual responsibility by well meaning and smooth talking, usurpers.

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  • jose wasabi
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:01am

    Just the beginning!

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  • benrush
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:00am

    The government derives their power from the people. They don’t become a ruling class on their own authority. If you don’t have the right to tell your neighbor how to raise their kids, then you cannot delegate that power to the government either. The government in AMERICA is not designed to run our individual lives, but enforce our natural rights. The government has no right and is not empowered, under the principles of American governmentalism, to tell us how to raise our kids.

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  • benrush
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:56am

    How do you take over a nation? By saying things that the populace will reject out of hand? Or by schmoozing up to them, under the illusion that everything you say will be for the good of the people?

    I do good things on my own recognizance, NOT because I have an overlord, lording it over me. Individual responsibility is not a dirty word – a nation is only as good as its citizens are responsible for THEMSELVES, and not because we have a bunch of nanny-statists ruling with power and authority over us.

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  • benrush
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:54am

    With collectivism comes a need to corral all the cows. Then a small group emerges to beat down the herd. We don’t want any cows wandering off the range, possibly hurting themselves.

    Mothers, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys. We need them to conform to groupthink like good little cattle. Individual decisions are a threat to survival of the herd.

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    • ForeignWatcher
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:32am

      Way to think for yourself. i mean, its not like glenn used the herd analogie the other day…

      question with boldness, drone!

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    • Agentuntomyself
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:26pm

      @foreign,
      do they not have sarcasm where you live?

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  • ColoradoMaverick
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:53am

    Watch out! The boobie police are going to get ya!

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  • EconPhD
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:40am

    Sounds nice…Here’s the problem…

    Why in the world would anyone want to HIRE a woman of childbearing age????? Think of what employer mandates will do to the unemployment rate of women. STOP protecting me!!! I can’t afford it.

    As I read the story & comments, I had one breast and a bottle in each hand with the Medela double electric pump keeping perfect rhythm. I have my own office, but it has a huge window to the hall. My boss actually helped me move the bookcase in front of the window. Problem solved at zero cost.

    As I type this, the pump is still going, the bottles are resting on my thighs & balanced by the keyboard tray that sticks out from under my desk. My baby is well fed and I am very productive at work. I don’t need any special program to ensure either. I am a woman, not a subject.

    Gotta go – the boss is knocking on my door for our pre-arranged meeting. He’ll wait a minute while I put the girls away. Problem solved – no special program – zero cost.

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    • jctunink
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:10am

      Congats! And to a point proving my point. It’s the “Nudge” though that is being used to influence others to change the way they act.

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    • Skwerl E. Muckenfutch
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:49am

      Kudos to your multi-tasking and cleverness, EconPhD. You had a need, saw a few issues and enacted solutions to ensure smooth operations. E4 all the way for you, lady!

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  • ForeignWatcher
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:30am

    Yea, its all the same, death panels (if they would exist) and ecouraging breastfeeding, everyone will agree with that!

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  • sarg356
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:23am

    All third world countrys women walk around with there breast exposed.

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    • jctunink
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:31am

      Now would that be a suggestion or just pointing out a fact? In many countries they also wear the “Hijab” in which you only see (maybe) their eyes.

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  • lvctry
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:13am

    Many mothers breastfeed their babies and many mom’s CHOOSE not to for a variety of reasons. Howevver, what is not mentioned that should be addressed is that when a mom breast feeds, that is not the whole story. Mom’s have to continue to watch what they drink and eat. No alcohol, no cafffene, no drugs, and medications are to be checked, certian foods give the baby stomach issues. Lots of mems will not breast feed for these reasons alone.I have ssen great strides in accomodating the mom who breastfeeds, with the exception of the public, who still believe it is disgusting, and are still causing trouble for breast feeding mom’s. Sure it is better for the baby by a long shot, but the govt does not need to make new working mothers feel any more guilty than society does. Most working mothers already carry a huge chunk of guilt just leaving their child at a daycare. This will only make the guilt factor rise. This is the way society here in the US has caused this problem. Mom’s have to work, it is no longer a society where the man goes to work and mom stays home and takes care of the kids and house. I am sure if that were the case many mothers would gladly stay home and nurse their babies, guilt free.

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    • loveoursoldiers
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:13am

      very well stated
      yet another intrusion
      I hope there is a loud outcry about this one
      don’t liberals care about their rights? I’m confused about why libs accept all this BS.. they can‘t really believe that people in DC know what’s best for them

      you made me think maybe this is a first step in getting us into OUR hijabs.. after all.. they probably will help us to prevent skin cancer, fend off unwanted sexual advances, save money on clothes, make choosing our daily attire easy, eliminate the need for weight watcher’s .. etc.

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    • Agentuntomyself
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:21pm

      I call BS. Most moms don’t have to work. Many do, but not most. I lived well below the poverty level for many, many years (without any govt. assistance) so that I could stay home with my kids. Drove crappy cars, lived in crummy homes, only bought the basics – food, shelter, clothing(all second hand or give aways from friends), etc. I’m not passing judgement on Mothers who work – everyone’s situation is different. But to say that somehow everyone else should try to accommodate a woman so that she can work full-time and breastfeed is just ridiculous. We all need to make our choices in life and then have the integrity to take responsibilty for them. If you are sure that the choices you have made are the right ones, then you have no need to feel guilty. If you are not sure, then you need to re-evaluate your choices.

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  • jctunink
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:06am

    Not to go off on a tangent here, but I was just thinking. Perhaps this is PrzBo’s way of “Creating Jobs”? I mean think about it. A woman who has a child and works either a. Stays at home for maternal leave then bottle feeds (meaning dad or baby sitter) can feed the baby, b. breast feeds at work, which slows productivity causing employer to hire more people, or c. woman quits because brest feeding a baby increases the bond between mother and child as well as child digest mothers milk faster (more feeding). It’s sort of the “Rosie the Riviter” program in reverse from WWII. The men were not here because they were fighting but somebody had to build to weapons of war. So, JOBS created. Hey just a thought. I know, I know, “SHUT UP and go back to WORK!”

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    • jctunink
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:27am

      I forgot to add, this works o “Spread the wealth” as well. This causes many 2 paycheck families to become 1 paycheck families, which in turn means cutting down on expenses vs increasing wages. So our “Standard of living goes down vs the rest of the world. People become more “willing” to take less money/benifits just to maintain their jobs ect… It’s incrimentalism (sp). I guess next they’ll recomend fathers play ball with their kids as it promotes a healthier life style due to exersize which in turn decreases our dependence on electricity (video games, LCD TV’s) lowering the purchase of those goods from foreign suppliers, After all, how many Ukranian farmers had radios before WWII? Heck they didn’t have time for it then as they were trying to keep from starving to death as Stalin took all the grain from them.

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  • Living In NYC
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:34am

    Wow Regina…….you are avant-garde! What medical school did you go to? The health advantages of breastfeeding has been around for centuries!!!!

    Were you at you doctor’s office this week and picked up a tri-fold on the subject and wanted to let us imbecilic serfs know how to feed our newborns. I guess this is the kind of care we can expect from ObamaCare..antediluvian remedies and a voodoo doll!

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  • lisalake
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:32am

    “Employers should work toward establishing paid maternity leave and high-quality lactation support programs. Employers should expand the use of programs that allow nursing mothers to have their babies close by so they can feed them during the day. They should also provide women with break time and private space to express breast milk.—–

    All agree breast feeding is best for mom and baby. Most employers already offer and support maternity and leave. As for the rest of it—-I don’t employ you to help you to be a better mom, and won’t create “special” programs and extra break time for you and your child at the expense of the rest of my employees. “Support” for you and child is your responsibility.

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  • megansmom
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:10am

    When I had all 4 of my children, I was taught about breast feeding by my docs while I was preg, and I lived in 3 different states and all of them had a breast feeding support groups, I fed them all in public , my bosses always allowed me time to pump my breast as needed and a place to store.All this 20 years ago without the government telling anyone to do it.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:26am

      @megansmom//are you sure?? HOW did your employers manage to do all that WITHOUT the government telling them?? You MUST be mistaken..LOL..

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  • bit.ly/gX930C
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:10am

    I think this is a good thing. Nothing better than mothers milk for a growing baby

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  • Midwest Blonde
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:59am

    While I think breastfeeding is better than bottle feeding (and easier, and cheaper too) It’s not the governments business to encourage it. Breastfeeding is good for you, good for the baby and is the natural way. I breastfed all3 of my kids.

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  • ForeignWatcher
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:51am

    You are more into “feeling at things” thab really thinking and knowing, right? certainly sounds that way. Seen any black helicopters lately?

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    • ForeignWatcher
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:55am

      Sorry, failed reply

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:31am

      Got a little flustered and hit the wrong button huh ? well that’s all right i agree breast feeding is a good thing we agree on that right? you think nanny state i think personal choice you are pro abortion right pro choice ? I believe the mother and baby both have rights and it is not the feds choice to pick and choose put the info out there and no need for further debate until they decide it‘s harmful again think fluoride gov’t backed endless promoting the use of fluoride.

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  • Showtime
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:31am

    Do you suppose the government could do something about the government, so they would stay the hell out of our lives, wallets, bank acounts, and bedrooms?

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  • islandlady
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:23am

    I thought a woman”s body was her own to do with what she wants.
    Do you think they could convince women it is healthier to deliver than abort?
    Not likely. Are small businesses expected to pay time off the job for breastfeeding?
    perhaps we should include that in the cost of healthcare since they are asking us to do it.

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    • 48
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:12am

      It’s amassing how they will preach about baby health and what mothers should be doing to provide that but will do nothing to stop abortions in this country and will even fund abortions in other countries. Typical govt. crap.

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  • questionwithboldness
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:08am

    I thought showing a womans breast while breast feeding could get her arrested for indecent expossure? I’m all for breast feeding, however why is that any of the government’s buissness? I think ppl working in gov jobs need to have their hours cut by half.

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  • scout n ambush
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:41am

    “Who’s your Nanny”……….Wait the government is telling them what they should do with their body where has the pro abortion people gone , protect these ladies from evil feds telling them what to do . Are the feds mad at similac and infamil pretty soon it will be back to cloth diapers better for the enviorment .

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    • KenInIL
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:57pm

      I think your right about screwing Similac makers. But also I remember a tax on breast pumps in ObamaCare. Isn’t that curious! It was one of the list of common medical devices that will be taxed. Curiouser and Curiouser.

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:26am

    Interesting. When I was first a mother, the gubment advised against breast feeding. I was told that commercial baby formula was far superior to what I could provide. So, I didn’t breast feed. Luckily, my child was extremely healthy. He never had even a mild cold, until I put him in nursery school at age two.

    Thirty-eight years later, my child has a child. That child is breast fed because it’s in vogue. That child doesn’t have a cold until age two. Now from these two examples, I can only conclude that whether a child is breast fed or not, it has no bearing on their health at all. So, if it’s cheaper to breast feed instead of buying formula, than everyone who can should breast feed.

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    • ForeignWatcher
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:16am

      Thanks for your well thought out study!

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    • roadi
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:17am

      I can remember when the Nestles corp was sending out woman pretending to be nurses to countries like India in the 70″s to convince women that they should bottle feed instead of breastfeed.

      Children died of malnutrition and disease due to unclean water and diluted formula to save on cost.

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    • GONESURFING
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:54am

      Sounds good to me as long as the government doesn’t force mothers one way or another. The baby formula companies probably don’t like this though. Mothers milk is best I’m sure.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:10am

      Only difference is we have a problem with what they are putting in formula now.. Back in the day before formula kids were fed Pet Milk, Kayo syrup and water as formula.. guess what those are all the old people that everyone is complaining about living to long.. there were LESS allergies in babies, also autism..etc.. So if one thinks breast feeding (which is vogue yes).. one must also take into consideration where the FOOD they are eating comes from, how it was treated and IF with the NUKING of our fruits and veggies babies are getting the proper amounts of what they need..

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  • RobertCA
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:00am

    Can you also tell us when to sleep & when to shower & how long should we keep our mouth shut while witnessing corruption in DC ?

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:04am

      Don’t forget bowel movements .. I am sure they will have something coming out (couldn’t resist) soon on those.

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    • RealityCheck
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:22am

      Basically we are are told when to eat, sleep and shower, our jobs dictate those things. You can’t very well sleep at work.

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    • ForeignWatcher
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:11am

      Its a campaign to support mothers in their descision to breast feed, which is important for babys and mothers.
      Nothing more, nothing less.

      Believe it or not, many people are not doctors and dont always know whats best for trheir kids.

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:32am

      Foreign watcher we have not given up our right to think for ourselves we don‘t need the gov’t to think for us.We all know breast feeding is a healthy alternative unless the mother is drinking or on drugs we just don‘t like gov’t intrusion this is not the E.U.or some muslim country ruled by a ayatollah or dictator.It is the simple fact that Dr and health clinics treated young girls like dogs because they wanted to breast feed telling them how harmful it would be to the baby that they would starve the child neglecting it being horrible mothers totally demoralizing them on the word of the same people now promoting it.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:05am

      Hey, Washington, BUTT OUT!

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    • JesusChrist
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:30am

      soo sad……yep slippery slope……just another slippery slope….If the tea party outlawed any slippery slope arguments….THEY WOULDN’T HAVE A PARTY…….slippery slope arguments ignore the fact that people think between every step down the slope……so why did GM start selling public shares….why hasen’t the gov. bought up more companies…..death panels…..where are they? Slippery slope…..the world is just one big slippery slope!! Be aware!!

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 1:24pm

      SCOUT N AMBUSH – you might want to brush up on your punctuation just a tad. There’s a reason we have those funny little marks. Jeeze

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    • J.C. McGlynn
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 1:26pm

      I will probably show my age with this one. For yearsthe government and doctors said that breast feeding was bad and bottle feeding was good. Now they say the oppsite, problem with this is the libs said both.

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  • CatB
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 1:59am

    Let me guess .. in the end all this “education” and promotion will cost more than we are spending now…. there will be no “savings” in the end … but control over the population … in what should be a personal choice. Geez these people are control freaks.

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:02am

      ya think

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    • RealityCheck
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:20am

      Control freaks ? How about the point that most of society is so withdrawn from nature it’s quite scary. Breastfeeding is a natural instinct, or at least it used to be. Kinda like how we used to be able to drink water from the earth without filtering our pollutants. Now we just pay to drink water and no one questions. Blame the control freaks all you want but at the end of the day we are all to blame.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:04am

      How is this going to work with the same sex marriages who adopt? Another great progressive idea.

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    • ForeignWatcher
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:06am

      How dare gov´t to try to make babys and mothers healthier?

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:07am

      And we needed the U.N to tell us this were do they get off telling u.s citizens what to do oh wait what was that law that was passed giving them control over how we correct our children wish i could remember what the bill was called it was like the interpol bill obama passed.

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    • ForeignWatcher
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:14am

      and it changed your live for sure, seeing you dont know what it does…

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:40am

      Surprises are not always good are they you have to pass it to know whats in it .You are a progressive are you not maybe a firm believer in a nanny state .I know this giving foreign countries power above our constitution is not good.Like cancer you don‘t know it’s there but it is and it spreads

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    • ForeignWatcher
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:55am

      You are more into “feeling at things” thab really thinking and knowing, right? certainly sounds that way. Seen any black helicopters lately?

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    • Cliff
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:05am

      Do they mean for adults too?

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:14am

      Yes i have and you just don‘t get it it is total hypocrisy to tell them whats good for them after telling them it was nobody’s buisness but theirs what they did with their bodies and it don‘t take millions of taxpayer dollars just to tell them what to do anyways they told them not to now they tell them to do it it’s none of their buisness when the baby pops out the nurse asks are you going to breastfeed questions asked done deal no gov’t program needed.But we can trust the gov’t obama just hired GE jeffry immelt for a staff member.

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:38am

      Foreign water okay i give up i admit your wrong and i am right .

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    • Creestof
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:03am

      Maybe we can combine this with Obama’s gas conservation idea…check all hooters with a tire guage to make sure they are at the correct pressure.

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    • SuttonShimai
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:23am

      I don’t have a problem with this. I breastfed all five of my children. Of course I was a stay-home mom, too.

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    • Moocephus
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:38am

      There you go again with that “personal Choice ” crap. Like its my personal choice whether I want to allow another human to live and rearrange my life or should I “personally choose” to abort. You can’t argue the science behind this article. Breast-fed babies are less sick than your Similac babies. And love their mothers more. So bleh!

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    • streetrodder
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:54am

      Hi Mtnclimberjim Good one. Nuff said

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:00am

      SuttonShima

      Congrats! Point is it was YOUR CHOICE….Now the government wants to ENCOURAGE this practice. First its ENCOURAGE…then its mandatory. Point is …IT IS NONE OF THEIR DAMN BUSINESS..PERIOD…END OF STORY…SELAH!

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:01am

      Humm you do know EVERYTHING a mother EATS goes to the baby when you breast feed don’t you? Yes I do know it does during pregnancy also..However.. after delivery HORMONES change again back to pre pregnancy status.. things you ate without effect to the baby will NOW effect the baby.. such as ANYTHING that creates gas..will in turn give the baby gas.. have a headache? Anything you take will go to the baby..etc.. NOT to mention the fact is I KNOW of 2 mothers who kids were labeled with FAILURE TO THRIVE..(and they ate and drank what was recommended) MOTHER did not produce enough milk which they were unaware of while breast feeding.. because breasts don’t come with anything to gauge how much the baby is getting, you can use a breast pump and bottle however doing so is uncomfortable and to some painful. I am NOT a fan of the formulas they have out now..fact is they make many baby’s sick and obese.. from all the additives..which many babies are allergic to.. those that are pregnant have ALREADY decided if they want to breast feed or not they DON’T need the government involved in it.. I do notice that while the LIBERALS are all for breastfeeding they are also all for NOT HAVING the baby at all.. If they are so interested in the BABY they better rethink that strategy..

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:59am

      Family Services of Socal is running a wild scare tactic commercial in an attempt to keep their funding for after school programs and programs that educate parents on how to be parents. Without this funding they state that the kids will end up being abused, neglected, find themselves in gangs and hooked on drugs. I’m not kidding.

      Since when did we forget how to take care of our own children? Talk about an evident breakdown in the culture. When the tide of phony wealth went out and out, it sure did expose all the naked bathers. Time to put your suits back on, come in and dry yourselfs off, pick up your Walmart beach blanket, grab your kids and have a long sit down talk about how your gonna make it through these trying times by relying on yourselves and not government.

      Remember self respect that you only pay lip service to? Remember truth, honor and dignity? Maybe from here we can pick up and start again, but unfortunately it will have to get much worse for people to wake up. The sooner you do wake up, the faster the rest of us can move on. Self Governance is the KEY people. That is what our parents taught us and theirs taught them.

      Time to take the whip from Master and use it on yourself.

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    • jzs
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:03am

      The recommendation by the Surgeon General that breastfeeding is healthy children puts us on a very slippery slope. This is what happened in Nazi Germany. First the government “suggested” that kids eat healthier foods, that mothers breastfeed their children, that parents encourage their children to read and so on. Then parents were forced to do those things under penalty of law. Then, death camps. Obama: keep out of my life and keep your death camps.

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    • JesusChrist
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:34am

      no it won’t…..but of course you probably know more than the surgeon general……so wise……Hey by the way Tea party…..how’s that gold investment looking in 2011 so far……sell now, or watch your money dwindle away with you moronic party

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    • FromtheBasement
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 1:18pm

      @JZS, I really hope you’re being sarcastic. How is the Surgeon General suggesting that new mothers breastfeed their new babies, and ask organizations to make it easier for her to do just that, some kind of “slippery slope?”How is it different from telling people, “Smoking increase your risk for lung cancer, so you probably shouldn’t do it?“ How is it different than the Chief of Police saying ”Keep your doors locked to help deter criminals from breaking into your house?”

      They’re just SUGGESTIONS. She didn’t propose a national law to ban baby bottles and formula.

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    • docvet
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 1:45pm

      @INDEPENDENTVOTERIL
      I thought of that, too. What about mothers that cannot breast feed.. I know, the govt (who else?) should establish a Breast Feeding Corps of lactating women ) and pay them well (organize a union?) where in those circumstances the baby can be taken away from the “inadequate mother” and given to the Corps until the child is on solid food. Relax folks, just sarcasm (I hope).

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:29pm

      you people that think the governement is only “suggesting” this…well good luck with that..I cannot believe how intrusive governement is in our lives…can’t homeschool your child without letting them know…can’t carry your little child in your car without a pre approved government car seat…can’t spank your child…child abuse..and the list goes on…librals want a nanny state…and we see this more and more…you know it takes a village to raise a kid…well…no thanks…

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    • avenger
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:29pm

      you cannot beat mothers milk ! the dairy industry must be crapping in their panties…

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    • DatabaseSue
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:00pm

      Where do they get this stuff? I raised 2 boys – one was breast fed and one wasn’t – guess which one had the most health problems when they were young? The breast fed one….

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    • Nick84
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 3:27am

      Cemoto78
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:04am

      “How is this going to work with the same sex marriages who adopt? Another great progressive idea.”

      Exactly how is that going to work with heterosexual couples? Just because a woman adopts a baby, doesn’t mean she starts lactating..

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:27pm

      I love this quote:
      “make sure that mothers receive the best advice on how to breastfeed.”
      So, a newborn knows how to breastfeed, but we need a gub’ment program teach the mothers?

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