I would be a bit concerned about pumping immediately after the birth
- there is no nutritional urgency with a healthy newborn, and I would
worry that the intervention of a pump is intrusive....the early hours
with a newborn are precious, and can we not be content with letting
mother and baby find their way to starting their new breastfeeding
relationship gently and without pressure?
I accept the physiological fact that a totally non-feeding baby may
miss out on a bolus of colostrum, but I would want this balanced
against the effects of introducing a mechanical 'thing' into this
burgeoning relationship.
What do others think?
Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK
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