Jean, don't feel bad about your approach to this mother. I wish everyone in the health field had the same approach and attitude. There are some but we need everyone (I'll even take a majority). Telling a mother that her expressed milk along with her holding and caring for her premature baby is a medicine, is the truth and well founded. No one can make a mother breastfeed or pump but we all can certainly tell them this is the only way to help their babies. Keep up the great work. You never know, one of these moms you work with might just find breastfeeding her premature baby enjoyable too. Ann Perry, RN IBCLC Boston, MA *********************************************** 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