Wow, wonderful, Rachel! It would be great if we could encourage women who
have successes like this to write/blog about their experiences! -- Jodine

Jodine Chase
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Rachel Myr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Just jumping in to say that if you live somewhere without easily
> available programmable electric breast pumps it is still possible to
> bring in a good milk supply, also for premature babies.
>
> One of the members of my local BF org group is grandmother to twins
> born in week 30.  Her daughter had a strong aversion to machinery in
> contact with her body and therefore hand expressed from the start.
> From about day three she had enough for the babies and they were
> exclusively breastfed or breastmilk-fed (mostly breast but sometimes
> got expressed milk in bottles if mother was not there) for six months.
>  Before her supply was deemed sufficient by the neos in our hospital,
> they were given donor milk from our bank in addition to her
> colostrum....<snip>

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