Hi Catherine and others,
Living in California, with last years' potential of rolling blackouts and earthquackes, I always do mention in classes and meetings the disadvantage
of formula feeding in emergencies! I also tell mothers who come and rent a Lactina how they can still use the pump without power: have your
partner or an old enough child help with pumping by moving the white/yellow piston part. It may be helpful if the tubes are guided under the
mothers' arms and the "human" pump is at the mothers back. If a mother manages to hold the falnges with one arm, maybe with the help of the
edge of a table, she can move the piston herself (tried it five years ago when I needed to pump and my rental was return to the hospital).
Regards,
Nanny Gortzak, MSc, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant and Nutritionist
Irvine - California
n Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:39:48 -0400, Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I did get one frantic call from a mother who is exclusively pumping, who
>needed an alternative to her electric pump. I had one pedal pump in my
>office, and she came by to get it, and we were able to get her 4 mo old
>on the breast for a few minutes as well. She went home with the pump
>and a determination to try to get him latching some more.
>
>I too feel sorry for the mothers who are formula feeding through all
>this. We still don't have our power back, though I hear they are
>gradually restoring power throughout NYC to avoid an overload. My 14 yo
>daughter just came in and told me that this is yet another reason to
>breastfeed! Yup.
>Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC NYC on battery power right now!
>
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