"I am looking for some support for a new mom with primary lactation failure. She is breastfeeding "by any means necessary" and supplementing , of course. She is in the Wash, DC area. She would love to have someone to talk to in her situation, or possibly an e-group type of support would be beneficial too-" She'd be welcome at the Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource Website. www.fourfriends.com/abrw There are adoptive moms who post, are supplementing long-term, and also some bio moms who need to supplement for one reason or another. Is she supplementing at the breast? I have spent a total of about six years of my life nursing with supplementers (mostly Lact-Aid but SNS some, too). Especially if this mom wants to nurse for a long time, it would be very helpful for her to get to a point of establishing a routine and coming to see that as normal for her and her baby. She will be well served by the frequent reminders she will see at ABRW, of the importance of nurturing at the breast, and providing even a small amount of breast milk, and find suggestions for handling supplementation at the breast without alot of effort. Hopefully, she can settle into a routine where she only needs to evaluate her actual milk production periodically, and can just relax and nurse most of the time. We have seen alot of moms throw in the towel early on, because of constant concern over how much milk they were producing. It just gets to be too stressful. Aloha, Darillyn _________________________________________________________________ All the action. All the drama. Get NCAA hoops coverage at MSN Sports by ESPN. http://msn.espn.go.com/index.html?partnersite=espn *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html