At 11:06 1-11-00 -0600, you wrote:
>My name is Chi-Yong Chang.
HI Chi-Yong Chang!
Maybe I'm completely wrong about this, but while reading your posting I
felt like this mother doesn't seem very eager to breastfeed at all in spite
of all your good information. If she really doesn't want to, nothing can
change that fact. YOu are doing the right thing by giving her information
so that she can make an informed choice and you have told her a lot of
benefits that breastfeeding would have for her and her baby. Again, to me
it seems like she just doesn't want to breastfeed and if that is the case
there's nothing you can do about it unfortunately :-( .
BUt, you've certainly done everything right!
Good luck,
Renate Rietveld, IBCLC
Rijswijk, The Netherlands
I am working with an expected mom for one of my
>courses. She is diabetic. Also, she bottlefed her first child.
When I asked her how
>she is planning to feed this baby, she told me that she can not
>breastfeed because of her medications. According to the Medications and
Mother’s Milk, Insulin does not secrete into the milk. Also, Lovenox
transferring to the
>milk is extremely unlikely (Hale, 1998). On our second meeting, I
>discussed with her the benefits of breastfeeding. Then she said that
>she would be on Coumadin instead of Lovenox. The American Academy of
>Pediatrics approves Coumadin for use in breastfeeding mothers(Hale,
>1998). On the next meeting, I am going to share with her the
>advantages of breastfeeding for woman with diabetes. I have found that
>the amount of insulin may decrease during breastfeeding because of
>hormones release and extra energy used during milk production. Also,
>breastfeeding can increase feelings of health and well-being. In
>addition, studies have shown that there is reduction in baby’s risk of
>developing diabetes later in life if breastfed (Mohrbacher & Stock,
>1997)
>Do any of you have any suggestion for me to encourage her to
>breastfeed? Is there any other information that I could provide her
>with?
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Renate Rietveld, IBCLC
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Homepage: http://home.wanadoo.nl/renate.rietveld.ibclc
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