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Subject:
re-training using let-down
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Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Thu, 2 Oct 1997 21:53:35 +0100
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A mother of a 5 month old rented a pump from me to spend 3 weeks on an
80-foot research vessel away from her baby.  She took back-up battery pack
and extra "emergency" parts, and strapped the pump in her bunk to stabilize
it in heavy seas... and came home to a baby who would latch but couldn't
nurse properly after so many bottles.

Her solution - her own idea - has been to pump to produce a let-down, then
put baby to breast to let him do his best.  Sure enough, the baby is
improving...

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY

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