I recently received a  copy of a pump company's newsletter that had a
"success story" about a WIC mom who did wonderfully well with that
company's rental pump; after surgery, she pumped until the "chemicals"
were out of her body. (How did she know...) The article states that the
mom had MRI dye-I thought MRI's didn't need to use dyes, but maybe I'm
wrong, the MRI I had for my knee involved NO dyes- The mother also had
used morphine for pain. I looked up morphine in Dr. Hale's book, and
unless the mother is an addict, I think morphine is OK for pain. Can
someone explain why this mom had to pump and dump-she didn't exactly
sacrifice breastfeeding on the altar of ignorance (Thanks Dr. Newman for
that expression!) bec. she was able to resume breastfeeding after a few
days, but I'm not sure why she couldn't breastfeed sooner?
Has anyone else read this story?
Pearl Shifer, IBCLC