>I have the mother's permission to post. I was contacted by a mother
>who is pregnant with a 26 week baby and her membranes have been
>ruptured since 19 weeks. There has been some amnotic fluid around
>the baby's face on noted on ultasound, but there is great concern
>that the baby's lungs may be underdeveloped. Mom wants to do
>anything she can to help the baby survive and would like to provide
>breastmilk for the baby. Mom has eczema of the nipples. She has
>two older that she tried to breastfeed and stopped because of
>bleeding and pain.
I don't understand about the concerns for this baby - any baby born
as early as this would have underdevloped lungs and all babies have
amniotic fluid on their face:)
> Hand expression. I have never had anyone develop a full milk
>supply by hand expression.
Hand expression can be highly effective - no reason for it to be less
effective than a pump, if the right techniques are used and the
expressing is taking place often enough.
Hope this mum and baby have a good experience.
Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK
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