In a message dated 5/24/2004 9:21:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Lynn Shea
<[log in to unmask]>writes:
Am stll wonderng about percentage -any thoughts?
Also -comment about the Avent pump was a response to the Mom wth the
persstent crac wth pumpng sucton-thought the above would offer a sucton break
Thanks again for the dialogue.  It is hard to determine a percentage because
it is dependent upon the type of population you are dealing with.  I tend to
see larger nipples with Black and Asian women.  I have also found them with
hispanic populations.  If you need percentages, I would be unable to provide them
accurately.  My feeling, however, is that the better the fit-- the better the
pumping.
Am surprsed at ths and wonderng what others thoughts are.....
many many Moms have huge volumes wth lactogeness 2 AND most don't pump at
all-for how many generatons now???
How about seeng ths as a normal process??
so sorry for the mssng letters -my daughter's computer won't type them-hope
you can get the dea w/o them!!

We can say that women survived many centuries without state-of -the-art
pumping, but my guess was that many of them were pretty miserable.  As we are all
aware, with progress comes set backs.  Many of us would not call epidural
births --progress.  Many of us would rather see the baby at the breast rather than
the pump.

We can see the glass as half full or half empty when it comes to pump usage,
but if a mother is going to use one, I would like her to use it correctly with
the right size shield.  Yes, years ago we didn't have these choices, but it
doesn't mean things were better.  I remember when I wouldn't dare let a mom use
a nipple shield, and now I see an advantage--particularly if it means that
the mom will not breastfeed otherwise.  If little devices buy that baby the
possibility of being breastfed, I will gladly utilize them.  All this being said,
the ideal is the baby at the breast, and whatever ways mom can successfully
approximate getting there makes it all worth it.


Debbie Albert, Ph.D., IBCLC
Tampa Lactation Counseling
Tampa, FL

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