I worked a few hours yesterday to see several of my currently pregnant patients and had a pregnant mom ask me about exclusive pumping. She is pregnant for the 3rd time after 2 previous pregnancy losses, so this will be her first baby. She mentioned this at the end of the visit, and I didn't have time to go into detail with her, but as she is just 17 weeks, have some time yet for dialogue. She mentioned being uncomfortable with the idea of breastfeeding, but wants to pump exclusively and feed her milk to the baby. My question is this: I certainly don't want to discourage her from providing her milk to her baby. However, I'd like to explore with her why she feels uncomfortable with breastfeeding and encourage her to consider breastfeeding baby directly if possible. Anyone have any good suggestions for ways to encourage her, while leaving the possiblity of exclusive pumping open? Jennifer Tieman Family Physician Mom to 4, including Caroline Rose born 5/31/03 (who's now over 10 lbs, grown just on her mama's milk!) *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html