Kathy highlights some important points.  Relactation is not easy!

I recently saw a mother who was taking *one* fenugreek capsule per day,
using a manual pump incorrectly and infrequently and not putting baby to the
breast.  She was expecting her milk supply to increase!  She is actually
very committed to relactating, but her LC had not given her sufficient
information and help.

Mothers need to know that induced or relactation requires a huge commitment
of time, effort and plenty of moral and practical support
from those closest to her.  In this pill-popping society this reality really
needs to be spelled out.

While we can't guarantee the amount of milk she will produce, we can promise 
that she will be a breastfeeding mother.  One adoptive mother who was 
producing a fair portion of her baby's needs told a group of students that 
even if she did not produce one drop of milk, this is how she would feed her 
baby - at the breast! (with an SNS)

Jean Ridler  RN  RM  IBCLC
South Africa   [log in to unmask]

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