Dear Friends:
    Dr. Jennifer asks a question that I would love an answer to as well.
    I have understood that a hospital grade (rental) electric pump is
necessary to bring in a milk supply as its motor can stand being used 8-10 times a
day, whereas something such as a PNS isn't. A PNS is for a woman whose supply
has been established already, and who will be pumping only 2-3 times a day.
    Many women already have a PNS, and don't want to spend more money to rent
a pump when they have a situation that requires pumping more than 6 times a
day. I have given up trying to persuade some women and haven't noticed any
difficulty yet; those women will make plenty of milk and their PNS hasn't died.
    However, a mother I am working with who bought a $300 pump and has to
pump 8 times a day did take my recommendation. And lo and behold, her sore
nipples went away because she had the suction too high on the PNS!
    Any input would be useful.
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative

             ***********************************************

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