Hi Allison

From a mum who has both pumped and breastfed, pumping is by far the most tiring.  Basically you are feeding the baby twice, once when you express and once when you feed.  If you look at the link in my signature you will get an idea of how hard exclusively expressing is.  Breastfeeding directly is far easier.  I have also worked with a mum who has MS, she recently had a flare up and her son is 6 months old, the fact that she was breastfeeding rather than anything else, allowed her to stay in bed with her son and feed him.  She could let everything else slide, but he needed feeding, breastfeeding made that possible.  I really don't think she would have had the energy to express and bottle feed her baby, she would have needed someone to do all the work for her.

Jenny

Jenny Doncon

Breastfeeding Counsellor, IBCLC, Australia

 

(read my expressing story here: http://www.lrc.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41257 and my weaning diary here http://www.lrc.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40015)

On 06/08/2011, at 3:23 AM, Allison Montag wrote:

> 
> Have any of you worked with moms with Multiple Sclerosis and have any
> suggestions?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Allison Laverty Montag IBCLC, RLC
> Green Lake, WI USA

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