In a message dated 5/4/2005 5:25:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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I know LLL official stance on wet nursing is that we are not to discuss
it, and in no way do I want anyone to think that the LLL leader in my group
presented the idea to us or endorsed it by LLL. This was something that we
came up with on our own and it worked.
In case anyone is interested, LLL has a good article on this subject which
does include guidelines if a mother asks about this issue:
_http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVJulAug95p53.html_
(http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVJulAug95p53.html)
Suggestions:
"If a mother asks about cross nursing, a Leader can suggest that a
substitute nursing mother needs to be screened carefully using the following criteria:
* She should be healthy, well-nourished and taking no medication.
Ideally, she has an infant about the same age as the one she would be cross
nursing.
* She should be screened for tuberculosis, syphilis,
hepatitis-associated antigen, cytomegalovirus, herpes virus, HIV and other infectious agents.
* She should not smoke, drink alcohol, or consume large amounts of
caffeinated or artificially sweetened beverages.
* Her own infant should be healthy, gaining well and free of all
infections. "
Just to clarify, I wouldn't say that LLL's official stance is that we are
not to discuss it - as Leaders we are called to discuss anything a mother asks
about, although sometimes that means admitting there isn't all that much
known about something, or that we do not have an official policy on it, or that
it is a complicated issue requiring time spent out of a group setting to
discuss. I see it as more that we do not specifically endorse it, but as always
we need to provide mothers the best most updated information about the real
downsides, and they need to evaluate whether those potential challenges are
overridden or less problematic than the alternative ( baby not nursing from
anyone, possibly ever, baby having to receive artificial milks, etc.)
Judy, who is not a LLL Board member, just a Leader for 16 years.
Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL, Brooklyn, USA
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