HCP Delivers!
Kathleen Huggins Offers a Sneak Peek at Her Next Book
Posted by Adam
Thursday August 13, 2009Fans of world-renowned breastfeeding expert Kathleen Huggins (author of the landmark book The Nursing Mothers’ Companion, among many others) have been following her thoughts about nursing in the news at her blog. Her most recent post is a preview of what readers will find in her upcoming, revised 25th Anniversary edition of her classic work. The excerpt concerns “insurance pumping”, who should do it and why. Enjoy!:
There are several situations in which is may be important and proactive to express milk after nursing a baby. This is called “insurance pumping”. Mothers and babies in this category include:
- Babies making the transition to full time breastfeeding
- Babies born three or more weeks before their due date and babies weighing less than six pounds.
- Babies who have unusual conformations in their mouths, such as a short frenulum, a high palate, or a cleft lip and/or palate.
- Babies that are feeding with the help of a nipple shields.
- Mothers who have had no signs of milk production by 72 hours following birth.
- Mothers with low milk production.
- Mothers with unresolving breast engorgment when the baby is not doing a good job of draining the breasts.
- Mothers with large nipples (as large or larger in diameter than a quarter).
- Mothers who have had previous breast surgery involving an incision around the nipple or areola.
- Mothers diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).
- Mothers that have widely spaced breasts that are rather long and thin, that did not get larger in pregnancy, and that may differ markedly from each other in size. (Breast Hypoplasia)
Read the rest of her post here.
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