Hi, Micky: Why on God's green earth is this mom pumping 5 days PP? We all know that pumping to "see how much she's got" is so not accurate! She is an experienced breastfeeder and sounds to me like she just needs constant reassurance that her milk is in just fine! (Based on the info you have given.)I would certainly continue to monitor baby's weight gain over the next week or so, though. Is baby pooping/peeing adequately? Sounds like she is pronouncing herself guilty before being proved innocent. I am getting mightily sick of having to bail moms out in the early days PP because they are pumping. I used to see masitits only once every 18 months or so - now I'm seeing it at least once a week and in almost all the histories the common denominator is the mom has started pumping. One mom (baby 3 weeks old and nursing like a champ) wanted to know why this had happened to her. One of the 1st things she told me was that she was pumping. Why? Her girlfriend told her to! I'm constantly being asked in the hospital how soon to start pumping. Why? And many of my moms do not return to work. What are we not understanding about how breastfeeding is designed to work? Mother Nature intends this process to involve a mom and a baby, not mom, baby, and pump! Has anyone ever seen a mama dog, cat, cow, gorilla, or chimpanzee pumping? Pumping should only be done when mom and baby are separated for whatever reason over feeding(s) or if there are breastfeeding problems she is working on. Period. Otherwise, EXCLUSIVE nursing. I think many moms (and their care providers) would be amazed at how doable this is. Has anyone else noticed this disturbing trend? If you have, have you come up with any ways to combat the notion that a pump is absolutely essential for successful breastfeeding? AAAGGGHHH! Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC Clinical Lead, Lactation Services Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL USA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html