In a message dated 00-05-25 19:10:24 EDT, you write:

<<  She kept saying basically that lactation was sapping this moms energy and
would delay her healing.  I asked this nurse what she would do if this mom
were so sick and pregnant?  Any thoughts on how to handle this and or explain
more eloquently ? >>

Perhaps asking this nurse about the impact of sudden weaning on the mother's
body;  the engorgement and the emotional impact of the loss of the only part
of "normal" mothering this sick mom can probably contribute to her baby.
Does the mother get to vote on this?  After all, it is her body and her
breastfeeding relationship at stake here...

Gretchen Andrews, BA, IBCLC
private practice, Redlands, So CAL, USA

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