In a message dated 10/22/98 4:22:40 PM, Jan wrote:

<<Including the fact that the mom pumped an entire bottle of milk (although
she was single pumping, sitting on the toilet in the bathroom....ugh).>>

Yes, I was initially pleased about that full bottle of milk.

But....overall, two situations were portrayed, A and B:

A) you can make plenty of milk - as Dr Grad did - but it is soooo much
trouble:
1) to combine this effort with employment, 2) the baby may be too fussy
(grocery store), 3) your baby will get seriously ill and hospitalized in spite
of all your efforts, 4) you will doubt your ability as a mother.
and:
B) you may not have enough milk and your baby will die.

Those are two unattractive alternatives.

If the goal was to discourage BF, this was a very effective strategy.

Deborah Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE - Hospital based
Northern Virginia USA
In the suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway
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