I'm glad Sarah Reece-Stremtan M.D. weighed in, as she is definitely the
expert in the area!  I'm so glad she's a part of this community!

Sarah mentioned feeling lousy after anesthesia, so I thought I would share
my experience.  I had a large kidney stone which declared its presence at 3
months postpartum.  I was told by the emergency doc to pump and dump while
on pain meds, but thankfully I realized that was a crock and consulted my ob
and a friend who had Hale's M &MM.  I was again told to pump and dump for 24
hours by the anesthesiologist, but I had done my research ahead of time and
had heard that as soon as I felt up to it, I could nurse.  I actually pumped
in pre op (to be "empty" going into surgery).  After surgery, I felt pretty
awful.  I was home by mid afternoon, but I didn't even feel up to being with
the baby until around 11pm.  Remember, she was only 3 months old, so for me
to not want to even hold her, I was feeling pretty bad.  I did pump (and
save) a couple times during the separation.  I was back at work at that time
so I had plenty of EBM for her to eat while I was out of commission.  Around
11 as I recall, I started nursing her again and we were back to normal.  She
did nurse a lot that night ;)  So while there was pumping post-op, it was my
choice based on how I felt, and NO dumping :)

Feel free to share my experience with the mom if it would help.

Spencer Joslin-Montlick, family doc and breastfeeding counselor between
affiliations (hopefully not for long!)

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