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How about a few points on the Womanly Art of Pumping? It *is* as
much of an art as breastfeeding, in my experience. So many moms are
discouraged with their early efforts but don't know how to improve
things.
A couple of things that pop to mind:
* breast compression can be extremely helpful; Jack Newman has a
great info sheet
* the "massage-stroke-shake" part of the Marmet hand-expression
technique is also helpful with pumping
* expressing successfully has a large mental component -- mom should
relax, close her eyes, think about her baby, focus on a picture or
piece of baby's clothing, pretend the pump is her baby
* mom should pay attention to what triggers her MERs as this is
crucial to pumping success
* output may vary throughout the day and moms should not be alarmed
if they can only pump half in the evening what they can in the
morning -- this is normal
You do have a lot of ground to cover in an hour! This sounds like a
great program for the moms.
Best wishes,
Margaret
LLLL, Longmont, Colorado
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>Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 09:50:31 -0500
>From: Jeanette Panchula <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Education on Pump use for back to work
>
>I am helping to write a "curriculum" that staff can use to teach women
>receiving a pump when returning to work (these moms are on Welfare and mu=
>st
>return by the time the baby is 6 months old or lose their cash payments).=
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