I find it fascinating that they can claim that pumping is best for mum  
and baby.  Having breastfed 3 babies and breastmilk fed 1 I can say  
that pumping is much harder on mum that breastfeeding is.  Basically  
when expressing, you are feeding the baby twice, once when you  
express, and to maintain full supply you need to spend at least 2  
hours if not 3 per day attached to the pump.  This is if you aren't  
breastfeeding at all, even with a lot of skin to skin time.  Then you  
also have to feed your baby, probably another 2 or 3 hours per day, so  
you are spending about 6 hours per day fussing around with breast  
milk, 3 of which are keeping you away from your baby.  So exclusive  
expressing is not best for mum, and because it seperates mum and bub  
for at least 2 maybe 3 or more hours a day, you can't call it best for  
bub either.

Jenny

Jenny Doncon
Breastfeeding Counsellor, IBCLC, Australia

(read my expressing story here: http://www.lrc.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41257 
  and my weaning diary here http://www.lrc.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40015)


On 29/12/2009, at 4:41 AM, Regina M. Roig-Romero, Bs Ibclc wrote:

>
> I am reminded of the Medela television ad that Rachel told us about in
> March of this year - the "smoking gun", as she referred to it. In the
> ad, Medela clearly distinguished between breastfeeding as being best  
> for
> the BABY versus using their products, which according to the ad was  
> best
> for both MOM and baby.
>
> Regina M. Roig-Romero, BS IBCLC
> Senior Lactation Consultant

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

Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html
To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]
Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask]
COMMANDS:
1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail
2. To start it again: set lactnet mail
3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome