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Margery,
I was very interested in your post about mother/couples wanting pumps. I
have had a lot more calls lately from moms interested in getting pumps as
well. I wonder why? When I ask what she will be using it for the answer I
usually get is to give a relief bottle or so others can be involved in the
feeding too.
I probably give them the same information you do; hand expression is great
for a relief bottle, dads can do other things, etc. I have also interpreted
the silence I hear as the "senile relative" syndrome you so aptly discribed!
Kind of like talking to dead air.
When my first child was born in a Naval Hospital in 1986 she was given
bottles and pacifiers in the hospital and was badly nipple confused (a study
in how to do everything possible to sabatage breastfeeding!) When I tried
to get help I was told by 3 different medical folks that it looked like I
was doing everything right (wrong!) and to just keep on trying (crying?). I
knew she was not getting any milk at the breast because she would not latch
on at all so I decided to pump and feed it in a bottle. I did this for 8
weeks total. It was a very tiring, time-consuming effort. I have lots of
respect for moms who do this because they have to. I just don't know why
anyone would do it willingly!
I know my experiences have influenced my opinions and I do try to accept
each mom where she is at in her mothering but this one is always a difficult
one for me.
Diane Karnbach, LLLL
Virginia Beach, VA
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