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Gonneke van Veldhuizen-Staas <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 11 Mar 2000 14:21:54 +0100
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> I sent a question to Lactnet 3 - 4 days ago and have
> not received any response.  I will try again.  I am
> working with a mom who is adopting a baby.  She has
> been pumping for approximately 2 weeks and has not
> experienced any or her own milk come in.  She
> breastfed her 11 year old without problems.  She is
> using fenugreek and SNS with every feed.  She is
> asking how long before her own milk might start to
> come in?  She is experiencing some tingling.  TIA
>
> Allison Norwood, RNC, MSN, IBCLC
> [log in to unmask]

Allison,
Is this mom going to adopt or is the baby there already? (''who is adopting a
baby'').
Maybe the milk is there already but doesn't ''want'' to come out; moms can feel
very stressed to produce milk and stop it from flowing by trying so hard.
I suppose she is double pumping with a hospital grade electric pump? What I've
found to work to have the milk come is:
- Use all kinds of massages the mother feels good about (her own interpretation
of how she feels about the massage is the key to this!), maybe she will need
firm massaging or maybe just efflleurage (very light, caressing, tingling
massaging).
- Apply heat at the level the mom appreciates most (again like in massage, her
own interpretation matters) as often as she likes, but in all cases ab. 15
minutes before pumping or breastfeeding.
- Have mom accept that it is not that important to have milk; she can use donor
milk or ABM in a nursing system while having the baby at breast. When she lets
go of the pressure to produce milk and instead focusses on being the mom to this
baby, experiencing lots of skincontact, perhaps some co-bathing, she may at some
point notice to have milk when she least expects it to be there. it can also
have to do with getting to know and love this special child and recognising it
as her own. Once she accepts this in her head and heart, her body will follow.

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, Maaseik, Belgium
http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac
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