Esther,
Thank you for updating us on Bracha's daughter and granddaughter. I am so pleased that the baby is doing better now.

> She had been getting her mother's  milk via NG tube, and also some donor milk when needed (which is against hospital regulations.)

I bet that helped!

>They tried to give her a bottle of breast milk and she vomited it.  It could be that she has never had a bottle.

Whenever a mother tells me that her baby won't take a bottle I always congratulate her on having a smart kid!

> One nurse insisted on cuddling her on the second day, and she said that the baby was rooting for the breast like crazy.

Like I said, smart kid!

>The bad news is that the doctors succeeded in convincing the mom to
give up on the  breastfeeding and to stop pumping.  They are afraid that the milk pouring through the open wounds will cause  sepsis .........and of course "if she keeps pumping on the healthy breast, the injured one will not dry up".........arrrrrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhh.

Of course they DO have references for this, don't they? (says I, tongue in cheek.)

> I prepared a file of all of your letters and kind wishes and gave it
to bracha together with  all of the evidence about how breasts work
independently, but the IBCLC grandmother is worried about her
daughter's health, and the doctors have succeeded in scaring her.

She must be feelimg so frightened and vulnerable right now, not knowing what to do for the best and anxious for her family.

>The mom has a broken pelvis, and wounds all over her torso that make even the slightest movement excruciating. She can't imagine even holding a baby at this point.  We gently tried to present the pros of continuing pumping, but in the light of all the events surrounding this case ( one child dead, the husband also badly injured, the baby struggling to recover, and another daughter who saw this whole thing, and even saw the terrorist before he exploded himself) this mom has too much to deal with at the moment.

This is horrendous! What a nightmare!

>They have put cabbage and ice packs on the breasts. I am worried
that as a result of stopping the pumping, the milk stasis will cause
inflammation, fever, etc, and the docs will say " Aha, we told you so!!" I agree that there are many more issues here than breastfeeding, but the docs should have been at least more supportive in case the mom did wish to continue breastfeeding.

So often, breastfeeding is seen as *something nice* rather than a health issue :(

>She is already talking about possible relactation in a few months.  She had breastfed the child who died for more than 2 years, so for her 5 months is only the beginning.

What a plucky woman! I am willing to be that she will do it, too!
I will continue to keep them all in my thoughts and prayers.

norma

Norma Ritter
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