In surgery, I rarely get the opportunity to have that strong an influence on breastfeeding, even on the breast service, but had TWO this week! First, when taking a phone call from a post-op patient about a completely unrelated matter (hypocalcemia after a thyroidectomy) I was able to correct the misinformation she got that she still needed to pump and dump 24 hours after her surgery. Second, last night I evaluated a 10 wk old baby who had a Littre hernia repair (a groin hernia with a Meckel's diverticulum in it) a few weeks ago, whose mom was worried when he started refusing to breastfeed, vomited, and became listless, much like last time. He was fine after he pooped in the waiting room, but I had the opportunity to talk with her about breastfeeding for over 30 minutes (to the chagrin of my chief, who went ahead and saw my next consult!). I reassured her about feeding on demand, extended breastfeeding, good resources for information like kellymom, cosleeping, and several other parenting matters. It was quite reenergizing, especially after this week on night float, doing ED consults mostly on drunk trauma patients. Shannon McElearney, MD, MS Resident Department of Surgery UVA *********************************************** 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