The biggest issue for older parents with assisted reproduction is usually confidence! Since their bodies did not work well in getting pregnant, they are sometimes suspicious of their ability to produce milk. Your mom seems to be in a different situation, she might have gotten pregnant on her own if her husband had not had Kleinfelter's syndrome, so she might be more trusting. The one "trick" I would immediately teach this mom is how to hand express colostrum into a teaspoon to feed the baby in case with the induction and the daisy chain of interventions that often follows the baby is not able to latch immediately. This will help reduce the risk of hypoglycemia in the baby, and reduce the risk of the staff wanting to supplement the baby until breastfeeding comes together. Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC NYC *********************************************** 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