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This is to up-date you on the Israeli mom and baby injured in the terrorist
attack last week. Three of us IBCLC's went up to Jerusalem today to see if
we could help.
 The good news is that the baby is doing much better. Her facial burns are
healing beautifully and will not leave scars.  She had been getting her
mother's  milk via NG tube, and also some donor milk when needed ( which is
against hospital regulations.)  They tried to give her a bottle of breast
milk and she vomited it.  It could be that she has never had a bottle. I
suggested that the nurses use Dee Kassing's method.  One nurse insisted on
cuddling her on the second day, and she said that the baby was rooting for
the breast like crazy.
The bad news is that the doctors succeeded in convincing the mom to give up
on the  breastfeeding and to stop pumping.  They are afraid that the milk
pouring through the open wounds will cause sepsis.........and of course "if
she keeps pumping on the healthy breast, the injured one will not dry
up".........arrrrrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhh.
 I prepared a file of all of your letters and kind wishes and gave it to
bracha together with  all of the evidence about how breasts work
independently, but the IBCLC grandmother is worried about her daughter's
health, and the doctors have succeeded in scaring her.  The mom has a broken
pelvis , and wounds all over her torso that make even the slightest movement
excruciating. She can't imagine even holding a baby at this point.  We
gently tried to present the pros of continuing pumping, but in the light of
all the events surrounding this case ( one child dead, the husband also
badly injured, the baby struggling to recover, and another daughter who saw
this whole thing, and even saw the terrorist before he exploded himself)
this mom has too much to deal with at the moment.
 They have put cabbage and ice packs on the breasts. I am worried that as a
result of stopping the pumping, the milk stasis will cause inflammation,
fever, etc, and the docs will say " Aha, we told you so!!"
I agree that there are many more issues here than breastfeeding, but the
docs should have been at least more supportive in case the mom did wish to
continue breastfeeding.  She is already talking about possible relactation
in a few months.  She had breastfed the child who died for more than 2
years, so for her 5 months is only the beginning.
Esther Grunis, IBCLC
Lis Maternity Hospital
Tel Aviv, Israel



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