Kris Rogers wrote:
> Hi all,
>   Winnie said, "We need to inform her of the ways EP differs from direct nursing and the amount of work involved. " Since we've been on the topic of exclusive pumping, I was interested in hearing what you might say to a mom who is asking if there is a diffierence between direct nursing and just giving her own milk in a bottle.  What sort of advantages besides less work involved does the baby and mom receive by direct breastfeeding that they would miss if the baby just received EBM in a bottle? 
>   
I had a couple of thoughts on this - one, is that babies are much better 
at removing milk from breasts than pumps are, so in the long run, her 
supply could be affected because of this.  Also, bacteria and such from 
the baby's mouth will travel into the breasts during a feeding, and 
antibodies to that bacteria come out in a feeding later on.  A baby will 
also nurse to get what he or she needs at that feeding, so a hungry baby 
will get more hindmilk, and a thirsty baby will probably nurse for a 
shorter time and get more foremilk.  Every nursing session yields milk 
that is slightly different from the last, and you would miss that with 
EPing. 

That's really cute about your grandson!  :)

Liz Cammin, RN

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