I've been very much enjoying the eloquent discussions concerning terminology for women who are expressing their own milk and feeding it to their infants other than through feeding at the breast. But I am wondering about the other side of the coin, women who do have the rare physiologic conditions prevent them from producing an adequate amount to feed their infants and remain so dedicated to breastfeeding that they continue to supplement at the breast for extended periods of time. I've always used "supplementing at the breast", but the term seems rather inadequate after a heartrending session with a mother who is having difficulty releasing milk at all due to extensive breast surgery (with promises from the surgeon that it would make no difference. This mother loves having her infant at the breast despite using a syringe and a tube and really does not want to give up the closeness of the breastfeeding experience. It seems to me that these mothers are the antithesis of mothers who express and bottle feed because they don't find breastfeeding convenient. Any thoughts on a more poetic or descriptive term from some of the Lactnetters who've been generating such an interesting discussion? Susan Burger *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html