Hi all,

I received a call from a mom today who gave birth yesterday thru
C-Section.  The baby(full term) has heart problems and was medivac to the
military hospital in the San Diego area (Balboa?).  Mom started pumping
and has already collected some colostrum, but will not be with baby for
about one week.  Baby will not be able to receive breastmilk until after
surgery--about two weeks.  Should mom be pumping every two hours or would
7 times a day be enough--i.e.  morning, midmorning, lunch, midafternoon,
dinner, evening and before bed?  I expect it will be some weeks before
baby will be at the breast.  Will the pumping be enough to establish and
keep up her milk supply?

She will be making a 6 hour flight from O'ahu to San Diego.  What are the
storage guidelines?  She will be on a military medivac.  Best case
scenario, the military will be able to provide her with storage, but
assuming the worse case, how should the mom pack and transport the milk?

Also, are there any LCs in this area.  Hopefully, the hospital will have
one, but I doubt it.  If there is someone in the area who could help this
family out, I would really appreciate it.  Could you e-mail me privately
with a contact number?

Thanks.

Aloha,
Gloria Thai LLLLeader Hawai'i