On Sun, 16 Jun 1996 16:55:11 -0400, Cindy Church wrote:
>I'm meeting with parents who are adopting a baby from Russia at an unknown
>time period, probably in the next 2-3 months. Mom said she could be called
>any time but as far as they know that baby hasn't been born yet.
>
>SHe had a child 6 years ago and breastfed that baby.
>
>She very much wants to start pumping NOW no matter what I say. My concern is
>what if they hear nothing for 3 months. Won't the prolonged pumping cause a
>problem. Any ideas on how to present this to her or should I let her start
>pumping? I've already talked to her about this and she is adamant, she wants
>to start pumping.

I don't understand this.  What kind of problems can prolonged pumping cause?

>Also, the trip to Russia would require her to bring the pump. Does anyone
>have experience wiht this and obtaining adaptors that will work with the
>pump. I'm recommending the O15 Classic for home but the lighter pumps by the
>same company would be more practical to carry. THe Classic has a 3 prong so
>that would be harder to adapt to in Russia, right?

Doesn't Medela have an adaptor kit?  If not, transformer based convertors are
widely available.  I have a 50 watt model I bought from Radio Shack years ago.
(If the pump needs more than 50 watts, a convertor may be expensive and hard
to find.  You can't use a high power convertor like the ones used for hair
dryers -
they chop the wave, and can foul up motors.

Jonathan
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*           L. Jonathan Kramer, P.E.           *
*     Graduate Breastfeeding Counselor and      *
*        Student Lactation Consultant          *
* Only G-d knows the formula for mother's milk *
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