---------------------- Forwarded by Susan J Keith-Hergert/MGCR/CHP on 04/15/99 01:46 PM --------------------------- Susan J Keith-Hergert 04/15/99 01:49 PM To: [log in to unmask] cc: Subject: difficult choices, mom who lost baby to bf failure Wow, what a dilemna. I think I'd ask her how she would feel about partial breastfeeding...just to give the baby some antibodies. If she seems at all interested...I'd talk about how failure with one doesn't mean failure with another and that she can be closely monitored. If she insists that she cannot make milk...ask if she has heard of adoptive moms feeding at the breast....and if she would be interested in SNS feeding "just for bonding." Of course all of this has to be handled with the utmost sensitivity...as I know you are aware. I probably wouldn't ask for a leap of faith...to bf w/o supplements at all. I'd just approach it as "while formula feeding would you like to have some of the benefits of breastfeeding for you and your baby?" Good luck, Susan Keith-Hergert RN, MS, CPN, IBCLC *********************************************** 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