Heather,
>If you really want to know my opinion - and that's all it is! - well, I
>think it is crazy to pump and dump in these circumstances. The risks to her
>baby, and to her breastfeeding, far outweigh the negligible risks of the
>beers.  The archives will reveal that not everyone agrees with this.

I totally agree (as a fellow Brit) but would like to add, as if anyone
here needed a reminded, that ABM is not risk-free. That baby's gut flora
will be changed for weeks after that bottle, and psychologically, I
wonder if the mother, having "given in" this once to using ABM to get
herself out of a hole may be tempted to use it again, and again. I fear
early weaning.

Breastfeeding and altars or ignorance come to mind.
--
Anna H.
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