On 19/03/2012 17:23, mary westra wrote:
> I have 2 questions. First can anyone recommend a website or blog that gives support and advice for mothers who need to do long term pumping?

When I pumped at work, I was on the PumpMoms Yahoo mailing list, at 
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/PumpMoms/, which is for all pumping 
mothers (whether occasional, regular, at work, exclusive... whatever).  
Haven't been there in ages but it was always an excellent supportive 
list when I was there, and still seems to be going strong.  To join, 
they would need to register with Yahoo Groups, which is easy enough to 
do and allows you to join any mailing list on there.  I know there's one 
for mothers who exclusively pump as well, although I obviously never 
joined that one and so don't have the URL offhand.
>
>   Secondly, permission to post, a mother of an 11 month old nursling has a gaping wound at the base of her nipple areola from her sweet daughter's bite.  She has been trying different positions for nursing, using APNO and saline washes (no signs of infection) and virgin coconut oil.  There has been no relief of pain. Pumping hurts worse. It has been 10 days since the bite. Does anybody have any tips for her?  She does not want to stop producing on that side, it is her most productive side.
>
If it's showing no signs of healing after 10/7, I would consider trying 
antibiotics even if it isn't clinically infected.  May be low-level 
bacterial growth stopping it from healing.


Best wishes,

Sarah Vaughan
MBChB MRCGP

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