In a message dated 3/24/99 6:38:50 PM Central Daylight Time,
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 Date:    Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:26:26 EST
 From:    [log in to unmask]
 Subject: The process of pumping for a preemie...
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 << Because maybe the mom doesn't feel that it is an extra burden. It is
 something
  very specific that the mom can do to help her baby in a situation where the
  mom is feeling very helpless. >>

 I agree with Cheryl's above comments......when I pumped for three months
 before my 900 gm preemie began nursing at the breast, I too, found it not to
 be an extra burden, but just the opposite.  It was an empowering thing to do,
 when I felt completely helpless otherwise.  I too, felt that breast
 compression and message helped express milk that otherwise wouldn't have been
 available by pump alone.  This was 4 1/2 years ago, and if I had to do it
over
 again, I would have pumped to separate fore/hind milk and hopefully, have
 improved weight gain.  I was fortunate that my preemie was my third baby, and
 I had successfully nursed my two previous children through toddlerhood.

 I agree with Nancy, that pumping can be very burdensome for some mothers.  On
 the spectrum of breastfeeding mothers in general, there are those that nurse
 as little as possible and only because they know it's the right thing to do.
 Then you have those on the other end of the spectrum that would rather nurse
a
 baby than do much else.  I, luckily, fell into the later group.  My point
 being, for those mothers who may not understand or enjoy the full experience
 of breastfeeding a baby, pumping may prove to be a burdensome nuisance,
 especially, perhaps, for a first time mother.  But for those who understand
 and embrace the whole breastfeeding experience, pumping can be an empowering,
 deep link to their preemie babies.

 Just my 2 cents..........Barb Gabbert-Bacon, BGS, Wichita, Kansas, USA

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 Date:    Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:42:51 -0800
 From:    Lisa Marasco IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
 Subject: Talk on Drying Up Milk
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 Mira,
 If that is what they insist on hearing, why not weave the necessary stuff
 into what they want to hear. For instance, your outline could include
 contraindications to bfg (the list that's shorter than they think),
 "reading" a mother's cry for help when she expresses doubt, alternatives to
 drying up milk in temporary situations, psychological effects of losing a
 bfg relationship,etc. Give'em what they want, the how-to's of terminating
 milk production (don't forget sage), but in context of how infrequently that
 really is necessary!

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