In a message dated 1/7/01 5:46:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> She is very committed to bf, and is plugging away. She did pump just over
> 25cc yesterday, so she is inching (millimetering) up. She is continuing
> pumping, herbs and using the tube at the breast w/ compression. She is
> waiting for him to wake up, to see if he will suckle more effectively. She
> is
> supplementing w/ AIM as needed, tryimg to use as little as possible. She was
> going to try to add goat's rue to her herbs today.
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Jennifer,
I can commiserate with you. Just recently, I had a mom who could only
manage 1 1/2 to 2 ounces per day. Three years ago, she had breast implants
because she wanted her breasts to be "perky". She did not have any plans to
have a baby [ I wish women would realize that they can change their minds!],
so the plastic surgeon performed an augmentation procedure with an incision
at the base of each areola. Of course, he claimed that she would have
absolutely no problem nursing should she decide to have a baby later. Her
baby had a strong suck, and it would have been a beautiful thing if she had
a milk supply. We tried almost everything-- Fenugreek, Reglan, religiously
pumping every two hours with a hospital grade pump. Still mom never got any
more than 2 ounces in 24 hours. When I assisted this mom with an SNS, baby
stayed on and nursed like a trooper. At least both mom and baby could
benefit from the bonding that having your baby at breast provides.
Sometimes there are such sad experiences in our profession. To me
there is nothing more heartbreaking than a mother who so desperately wants to
nurse with practically no milk supply, and a seriously high probability that
she will not be able to increase it. -- Debbie Albert, Ph.D., IBCLC
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