I wrote:

>I would be a bit concerned about pumping immediately after the birth 
>- there is no nutritional urgency with a healthy newborn


Sorry - I now see the discussion was only about babies who are 
separated from mothers because of being in intensive care - not 
healthy newborns at all. Good!

In the UK, early removal of milk is normally done by hand expression.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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