http://www.navytimes.com/story.php?f=1-213079-1146494.php

A small step for military women: a story about breastfeeding, separation 
and pumpin in the NAVY TIMES.

Sincerely,
Renee Mercier RN IBCLC
WA State (military hospital)

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September 30, 2005

Mother’s milk by mail
Staff sergeant ships frozen milk to infant

By Karen Jowers 
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Times staff writer
Her baby may be more than 1,500 miles away, but Air Force Staff Sgt. 
Mariah LeBlanc still manages to breast-feed — by shipping her milk from 
Texas to Delaware.Three times a day — morning, lunch and evening — she 
pumps breast milk for 8-month-old Eliza, puts it in special freezer 
bags, and stores it in her room at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas,...... 

The logistics of pumping, freezing and shipping the milk are such that 
not every mother can do it.
“I don’t think it’s very common, partly because women with young babies 
are not often separated from their babies,” said Ruth Lawrence, a 
professor of pediatrics at the University of Rochester School of 
Medicine and a member of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.

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Lawrence said the general recommendation is for mothers to breast-feed 
their babies for a year, but the first few months are the most important 
for gaining the benefit of mothers’ milk.

<>“As long as she can do it … every day she sends her milk is one more 
good thing she’s doing for her baby,” Lawrence said.
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