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"Ellen Penchuk, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:17:18 -0500
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I was committed to breastfeeding primarily because I suffered from horrible 
allergies. As a child, my arms were covered with eczema and I would scratch 
them raw in my sleep. None of my three children have any eczema but they 
do have sensitivities to dairy, corn and wheat (depending on the child). I think 
that it is curious that they all have different food allergies but all suffer with 
hay fever. 

Many years ago (maybe 27-28?), as a new LLL leader, a woman contacted me 
to see if it was possible to relactate at 15 wks pp. This was her forth baby, all 
her other children were in their teens. She had not breastfed any of them. Ben 
was born healthy (8-5) but at 2 wks was admitted back to hospital and was 
quickly moved into NICU. He was exhibiting projectile vomiting, 
bloody/mucousy stools and bleeding eczema from head to toe. He was also 
down 2lbs from his birth weight. He could hold no AIM down and pediatricians 
were scrambling to develop a formula that he could tolerate. She mentioned 
human milk and they thought that she was nuts; no one could produce milk at 
15wks. I set her up with an Ameda Classic and worked out a care plan and 
pumping schedule. She started with a few drops at day 3 and by 12days she 
was pumping 2-4oz per session. I have never met a more committed mother. 
Ben was out of the NICU within the month and she brought him to a LLL 
meeting. The transformation that I saw in him over the next several months 
was incredible. He went from a fussy,skinny, sickly baby with huge circles 
under his eyes and covered in eczema to a healthy, chubby, clear skinned 
smiley baby. What a charmer  he was! I will never forget the impact that 
human milk had on this child. She breastfed him well into his 4th year as he 
had a difficult time with many solids. We lost touch when her family relocated 
to AZ but I often wonder about them. 

Ellen Penchuk, IBCLC, RLC

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