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Hi, Laurie: The contents of your post smacked me upside the head in a DUH!
moment. Why would a doctor be telling a nursing mom to wean because she
needs surgery and he is concerned about wound healing when 35% of brand
new breastfeeding mothers today in the US are recovering from a C-section
which is MAJOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY! And in my hospital, they are ALL
breastfeeding and we have no issues with wound healing and breastfeeding
with our C-section moms. I sincerely hope no doctor's thoughts stray down
this path! Just what we need, yet another reason to not breastfeed!
We also occasionally do the "tummy tuck" in conjunction with a C-section. A
few years ago, one mom decided to take care of it all at once since it was her
last baby. She had a repeat C-section, a tummy tuck and a "boob lift" (not
totally sure what she had done, but it was neither a complete augmentation
not was it a reduction). She did nurse this last baby.
To each her own, I guess.
Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL USA
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