Jeanette,
This is exactly what I experience in a certain part of the population I serve.

Gonneke


> STILL, when I visit the low-income moms I see, who have often been "beaten
> down" by nurses who tell them they don't have enough milk, and husbands
> that tell them their breasts are too small to make milk, and mothers in law
> who tell them that their babies don't like to breastfeed - if I came in and
> tried to get them to pump, use an SNS, Cup feed, etc...I would be giving
> all these others credence.  If, on the other hand, I can use a nipple
> shield, SHOW mom her milk in the tip after the baby has sucked, have her
> HEAR the baby swallow...THEN she's willing to take a few more steps - and
> slowly wean from the nipple shield.  If I didn't use it, she'd breastfeed
> only when I was there to help her - and give the bottle as soon as she had
> difficulty latching the baby on.
>
>

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