>Here's the situation:
>Mother of 4-month old, nursing well, no problems so far, is visiting her
>family in another state with the new baby for the first time. Dad stays home
>to work, commits suicide.  Mother is distraught, hysterical, and "unable" to
>feed baby.  According to reports, mother is unable to comprehend that baby
>needs to nurse. Baby won't accept bottles.  I have had experience with a
>nursing mom who had complete (and final) lack of let-down after a traumatic
>experience, despite support, and would like to avoid that happening in this
>case.  Any suggestions on how to deal with this?  Has it been discussed in
>the archives?


What a terrible tragedy. My condolences to all family members.
I do not have medical training, but it seems to me that the mom is
in shock and should be treated as such. How is she taking care of
herself right now? I imagine not too well, either. Who is around
her that  can help her over the shock enough to be able to nurse?
Family members? Friends? Is there someone who can provide ebm or
even wetnursing for a couple of days?
  Naomi Bar-Yam

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