Response from: Matia Bryson    (08/09/07 5:19am)

Sounds like there is so much more you need to know about pumping and milk supply. If she is pumping after or between nursings, there is no danger of having a reduced supply. Yes, one does need to be careful of substituting expressed milk for time at the breast-- that can reduce supply. How is the expressed milk going to be given to the baby? If a baby that young is given a bottle, she may find herself in trouble with the baby preferring the fast delivery by bottle to the patient delivery by breast... some call it nipple confusion. If she is having engorgement now, I wonder if she is going to be able to bear skipping nursings "so her husband can help." Sounds good in theory, but I never found it helpful because my breasts always became uncomfortable when I skipped feedings. Picking up a baby to nurse him is a lot less tiring than pumping. Husband can help in the middle of the night by changing the baby and bringing him to mom. Or everybody can get more sleep by co-sleeping. I know it is hard now, but believe it or not, in a year's time those infant days will be gone. I would tell your sister to try and relax and enjoy those infant days. Oh, and by the way, pumping does not give one more time to work... actually there will be less, since setting up, using, cleaning a pump, and storing, labeling, rotating a milk supply in the freezer becomes more work. It is worth it for a mother who cannot nurse her baby directly all the time, but for those who can be there all the time for their baby... why make more work?

Response from: Tech|noob

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