Sounds like this mother and baby are now doing just fine.

In fact, so fine are they doing, that one option might be now to back 
off.....test weighing, SNS, expressing, daily weighing are all 
*interventions* that affect the confidence and the happy, responsive 
relationship we know are necessary for happy, uneventful 
breastfeeding.

They may all, individually and collectively, have been helpful in 
their way. But maybe not now.

It would be up to the mother and her professional carers to decide 
how quickly and in what way to back off - maybe not all these 
interventions can disappear together overnight, and maybe withdrawing 
them all in one go might leave this mother feeling abandoned.

But a reasonably quick return to normality has got to be safe now 
that the baby is showing no signs of needing more nutrition, and 
would allow the space the mother needs to enjoy her baby and her baby 
space to continue to improve milk transfer. All that 'stuff' going on 
takes up a whole lotta time, energy and stress!

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK


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