At what stage of pregnancy would you advise pumping?  I would be concerned 
that this could start contractions and an early birth.
Wendy Blumfield
NCT BFC
Israel Childbirth Education Centre

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gonneke van veldhuizen" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: Collecting colostrum during pregnancy


> Dear friends,
> I do sometimes ''allow'' a mother to pump and store in pregnancy, for 
> example in anticipation of a big baby that will certainly be prescribed 
> extra food/calories in the early postpartum. *we* know that probably all 
> baby's will get enough calories just by frequenting mom's, but in many 
> facilities here docs will insist on extra food for big baby's (over 4000 
> grams birthweight)
>
> Warmly,
>
> Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL in soutern Netherlands
>
> Anne Andrianos <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Nikki and others: A mother 
> contacted me earlier this week asking if pumping during pregnancy to save 
> milk for the early days of breastfeeding was OK. I gave her "unfounded" 
> information...that pumping was not advised...but part of my concern for 
> her was the fear she had of pain related to BF. With her first baby, she 
> had had a C-section after hours of labor, and the pains with BF were too 
> much for her. I recommended that she get some good information and 
> support...LLL, LC, family together before this next delivery. I was 
> thinking that to much focus on how difficult the first delivery was 
> collecting milk "just in case" , etc, was preparing for the worst case 
> scenario"..better to be positive and develop  long term assistance. I will 
> advise her of these new articles in case she wants to read them...and I 
> will read them too. Thank you, Anne Andrianos ,
>
>
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