Hello, I have permission from the mom to share this with others on this list. My 
husband who is also an RN, has recently started up a business doing 
professional patient advocacy.  We recently had a family in the news who had 
an 11 week old baby that had been brutally beaten by the father while mom 
was at work, she was thrown off the bed, kicked in the head 5x, and then 
shaken. At the time, I contacted the family and offered all services my 
husband provides, at no cost to them. They immediately took us up on the 
offer.  Baby is now in Peds ICU originally she was having multiple seizures, she 
had been put into an induced coma to stop the seizures, and is now weaning 
out of it and having subtle seizures.  I went to see the mom yesterday to 
discuss some fundraising efforts that a friend and I were planning.  I have to 
say, one thing that they kept repeating in the news was that mom was 16, 
this mother was extremely impressive.  I had a child at 16, and I got through 
high school, college, etc, so one of my own weaknesses is that I have low 
tolerance for excuses from teen parents, and it takes a lot to impress me 
when it comes to them.  This girl impressed me in words I can not explain, she 
is smart, loving to her baby, goal oriented, I could go on and on.  Anyway 
while we were there, it came up that I am an LC, she told me she had tried to 
breastfeed but never could get it right, then asked if she could still 
breastfeed.  I told her it was definitely possible to start producing milk again if 
we stimulated her breasts with a pump, but I also told her that she should 
really think about it, bc its a lot to take on when you are going through so 
much.  I just spoke to a case manager I work with and asked what she 
thought and she said it might be good for the mom, to be able to feel like she 
can do something for the baby.  I agree, and I definitely think even if she 
could pump for the babies OG feeds that she is getting right now, then it 
would benefit the baby, even if we never completely succeeded with fully 
breastfeeding.  What is the opinion here? I am a new one in the world of LC, 
so as far as ethics and morals are concerned I think I feel a little perplexed by 
this.  I know mom wants to bf bc she wants whats best for her baby, then 
part of me feels like this poor mom has been through the ringer emotionally, as 
well as physically since she has not left the baby's side and sleeps in a recliner 
every night, and I question if it would be wrong of me to encourage it?
Thank you,
Heather

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