Here's the situation:
Mother of 4-month old, nursing well, no problems so far, is visiting her
family in another state with the new baby for the first time. Dad stays home
to work, commits suicide.  Mother is distraught, hysterical, and "unable" to
feed baby.  According to reports, mother is unable to comprehend that baby
needs to nurse. Baby won't accept bottles.  I have had experience with a
nursing mom who had complete (and final) lack of let-down after a traumatic
experience, despite support, and would like to avoid that happening in this
case.  Any suggestions on how to deal with this?  Has it been discussed in
the archives?

More details:
All of this is happening in another state, within the past 12 hours, so I'm
not hearing all the details, and those I have are probably not accurate.
This is happening in my husband's family, and I'm looking for whatever I can
do to help, since I'm the "lactation specialist" of the family.  Thanks for
letting me post a personal plea. Please respond privately, as well as to the
list if you think it is appropriate.

Edie Eckman, LLLL

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