At what stage of pregnancy would you advise pumping? I would be concerned that this could start contractions and an early birth. Wendy Blumfield NCT BFC Israel Childbirth Education Centre ----- Original Message ----- From: "gonneke van veldhuizen" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 9:11 PM Subject: Re: Collecting colostrum during pregnancy > Dear friends, > I do sometimes ''allow'' a mother to pump and store in pregnancy, for > example in anticipation of a big baby that will certainly be prescribed > extra food/calories in the early postpartum. *we* know that probably all > baby's will get enough calories just by frequenting mom's, but in many > facilities here docs will insist on extra food for big baby's (over 4000 > grams birthweight) > > Warmly, > > Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL in soutern Netherlands > > Anne Andrianos <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Nikki and others: A mother > contacted me earlier this week asking if pumping during pregnancy to save > milk for the early days of breastfeeding was OK. I gave her "unfounded" > information...that pumping was not advised...but part of my concern for > her was the fear she had of pain related to BF. With her first baby, she > had had a C-section after hours of labor, and the pains with BF were too > much for her. I recommended that she get some good information and > support...LLL, LC, family together before this next delivery. I was > thinking that to much focus on how difficult the first delivery was > collecting milk "just in case" , etc, was preparing for the worst case > scenario"..better to be positive and develop long term assistance. I will > advise her of these new articles in case she wants to read them...and I > will read them too. Thank you, Anne Andrianos , > > > --------------------------------- > Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and > get things done faster. > > *********************************************** > > To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail > To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) > To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > All commands go to [log in to unmask] > > The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). > There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html