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Lynn Carter <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 25 Jun 2005 22:04:38 -0500
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Renee,

You only failed if your job is to force women to breastfeed.  We can't 
do it.  Free will is free will.  I think that you were successful in 
that you have provided her the information she needs to make an informed 
decision.  That's really all we can do.

Step back and let her own her own decision.  The consequences of her 
choices belong to this mom and to her alone.  She may "get it" with the 
next child, or she may have something like abuse in her past that is a 
huge obstacle that we can't understand from the outside.

I grieve for this baby, and I would hope the neonatologist(s) will 
insist that the mother pump for a while.  Maybe things will change after 
the baby is born.

You did everything you could do.  Don't beat yourself up.  Save your 
energy and enthusiasm for moms who want your help.  We can only change 
the world one step at a time.

Lynn

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