Donna--
This mom is waving a red flag!!!
Please refer this mom to Sonia Murdox at the Postpartum Resource Center.
(631)422-2255
She is in need of some counseling, support--Sonia has the professional
refererals for just
this mom!! ("Professional Referrals, Education and Information, Support
Groups,
Telephone Support" -- The Postpartum Resource Center of New York, Inc.)
She is also in need of a postpartum doula! Someone who will support her
and lighten her load.
Please feel free to pass my name on to her--I am currently with a client
in a very similar circumstance; however, I will be able to give her
the name of other PPdoulas who would be able to assist her.
Many of the doulas I would refer to her have training with
Sonia Murdox, Executive Director, and former President
of the a national postpartum support organization
(the names escapes me at this early morning response.)
She doesn't need a sleeping pill--she is in danger of severe
postpartum depression!!!
Kathy Koncelik
PPDoula
BFPeer Support Conselor, LLLI
The Nurturing Way
112 Jefferson Street
East Islip, NY 11730
(631)581-4061
On Mar 29, 2004, at 11:59 AM, Donna Kimick wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
> I recently meet this mom with a 7 week old - - - while selling her new
> shields after she boiled the old ones, (she subsquently called to rent
> a symphony -
> seeing the difference in the pumping time). She also was interested in
> finding if she could take some type of sleeping pills - since she
> basically gets no
> sleep - she cannot calm herself and is constantly wired. Her baby
> groans alot
> and she is always thinking that he needs to eat again soon, and it is
> becoming
> a vicious cycle for her. I feel bad for this mom -whatever she tries
> doesnt
> work. She also has a major over supply and strong let down. I saw
> her pump
> four oz in 2 minutes after nursing her baby, as he choked at let
> downs. I
> think this mom is close to some break down. I am not comfortable with
> knowing she
> may literally "pass out " with meds as I am sure most of you agree. I
> told her
> she may need to get some other type of help, a mother's helper (she
> just
> moved into a remodeled house) and a cleaning service. She cannot sit
> still and
> cannot unwind. My husband thought a recommendation of a glass of wine
> could
> help, then I just read an article from Google (breastfeeding ) about a
> mom
> suffering from postpartum psychosis and I wonder -(
> http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/home/bal-
> hf.baby28mar27,0,1646499.story)
> I told her to see her Internist to discuss what to do - and that if
> they had
> any questions on medications that I could look it up for them on Hales
> site or
> book.
>
> Just wondering what experiences everyone else has had on this.
>
> Donna Kimick
> Intern LC
> Long Island NY
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> Donna
> The Homemaker's Idea Co. ® 2003 Art of Beautiful Living
> "There's no Place Like Home"
>
> "It's the lucky baby, I feel, who continues to nurse until he's two."
> Antonia Novello, MD, MPH, DrPH
> Surgeon General 1990-1993
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