>Some moms do want to start pumping, some want to wait a day or so to see how
>baby does, but I let her make the choice.  In these situations, moms don't
>often have many choices.  To assume either that she WILL or WON'T want pump
>is taking away what little power she does have.

And I was so impressed when one of us pointed out that providing human milk
to a dying infant spares this *very real human being* the added stress of an
inappropriate food during his short, stressed life.  I was abashed that I
hadn't thought of it myself.
--
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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