Dear Friends:
    A family called me to inquire about renting a pump,  as their baby is 
detained in the intensive care nursery. I told them what the  cost was, and a 
nurse from the hospital came into the conversation, saying that  this was a poor 
family and that WIC would supply a pump..............but the WIC  office is 
closed until Monday so they would have to wait. I suggested teaching  the mother 
how to hand express, saying that it is easier than driving a car. The  nurse 
was dumfounded, saying "how do you do that?" Fortunately, the lactation  
consultant is coming to work soon, and the nurse will ask her about it.
    Hands came before pumps, don't cost anything, are  always available and 
once a mother learns the skill, she can do very  well. How sad that there is so 
much reliance on technology. Women have told  me that their obstetrician 
would send them for an ultrasound to determine the  baby's position, because no 
one knows how to do Leopold maneuvers anymore.
    warmly,
 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth  Initiative

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