> This brings up a  thought.  I've been noticing that when our moms are having
> to pump -- baby in the NICU; not latching, or whatever.... -- it is taking
> several pumpings in most cases for the mothers to produce *anything* of
> substance -- sometimes up to pumping 6 or 7 times!  Now, the vast majority of
> mothers get an epidural during labor.  I wonder if, instead of blaming the
> pump which I've been doing, the lack of ability to pump the colostrum is more
> directly related to the suppression of the oxytocin related to the epidurals.
>
> Thoughts?

Yes: Isn't this going to look like a Robin Cook story...? Scary.

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC

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