On 12/6/03 5:21 PM, "Judi Plummer" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Please load me up with advice.
> My daughter is going to have brain surgery.(don't know about follow up
> treatments yet) SHe  usually nurses until about 2 years old. Her baby is 8
> months old.  She is pretty tired and discouraged right now and is "thinking"
> about not resuming breastfeeding after surgery. Pumping in advance is too
> hard, her milk production is down, normally she has an overflow. She has
> been suplimenting one feeding because of meds so the baby will take a
> bottle.  How can I encourage her during this hard time? She has to travel
> for the surgery and plans are for me go to her home and take care of the
> children.
>
> Judi
>

Judi, I learned when my husband had brain surgery that the recovery is fast.
Although brain surgery sounds terrible, it's an easier surgery to recover
from than, say, abdominal, because there are no muscle walls to cut through.
Perhaps this news will make your daughter feel a little better about
resuming nursing afterwards. Is she supplementing with a sns-like device?

Write me off list if you want to talk more about it,

- Jodine Chase
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