In a message dated 5/9/0 11:28:44 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< I'm looking for information to help a woman who has adopted a baby and is
nursing.  She was 5 months pregnant and lost the baby, started leaking,
started pumping, got back on adoption list, got a baby (3 day old) and he is
now 7 days old.  She had been pumping 2 oz per time and getting 10 oz per
day.  The baby was 7 lbs at birth and weighed 7 lbs 3 oz (on a different
scale at a hospital) on the fourth or fifth day.  She was having nipple pain
that I attributed to latch-on problems.  She has very large breasts.
Any advice? suggestions? >>

Gigi,
Is she pumping in addition to nursing? At every feeding--before or after?
How is she feeding the pumped milk? In a supplementer at the breast or some
other method? Do you feel the latch problems are corrected? Is he actually
drinking at the breast or just hanging out? Has she tried breast compression?
If pumping is her primary stimulation, she is not pumping enough at only 5X
per day.
Jennifer TOw, IBCLC, CT, USA

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