UPCOMING BOOK
Managing Lactation and Breastfeeding
After Pregnancy Loss or Infant Death
Managing Lactation and Breastfeeding
After Pregnancy Loss or Infant Death
Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, IBCLC, RLC, CATSM is writing a comprehensive book for lay counselors and
professional care providers about how to support grieving mothers as they face painful questions such
as:
What do I do with my milk now that my baby has died?
How do I suppress lactation?
How do I prevent or cope with engorgement when my milk comes in and I have no baby to nurse?
I'm not ready to suppress lactation yet. Is that OK?
Can I donate my milk to a baby in need?
How do I breastfeed my surviving older nursling, twin, or higher order multiple when I'm grieving?
How do I cope with losing my baby and my expected experience of breastfeeding?
Are my feelings about lactation and breastfeeding normal?
How might this experience impact me when I breastfeed a subsequent child?
During pregnancy, hormones stimulate breast growth and the initiation of milk production, or lactation. After
16 weeks of pregnancy, lactation will occur even if the baby dies during pregnancy or during or after labor and
birth. Sometimes mothers breastfeed through pregnancy. And, sometimes mothers are caring for the living
twin or higher order multiple of a baby who died. Therefore, many mothers must make decisions about how
to manage lactation and/or breastfeeding after pregnancy loss or infant death. There is no one right way for a
bereaved mother to respond to, grieve, or cope with the loss of a baby. There is also no one right way for her
to manage lactation or breastfeeding. What helps a mother during pregnancy loss or infant death in one set
of circumstances may not be helpful, desirable, or possible for another mother in a different set of
circumstances. Mothers feel more satisfied with their experience of lactation or breastfeeding when they have
had the information and support they need to freely make their own choices. Because the milk a mother’s
breasts make was meant to be for the baby she lost, lactation and breastfeeding are intimately intertwined
with the process of grief. A mother’s milk is a tangible connection between the mother and her baby.
Unfortunately, bereaved mothers commonly are left without anticipatory guidance or sensitive and
knowledgeable care as they cope with the gut-wrenching question, “What do I do with my milk now that my
baby has died?” This ground breaking book is based on the experiences of bereaved mothers. Throughout
each chapter, their stories are shared with the reader. The book provides guidance for how to effectively help
mothers manage lactation and breastfeeding after the loss of a baby.
professional care providers about how to support grieving mothers as they face painful questions such
as:
What do I do with my milk now that my baby has died?
How do I suppress lactation?
How do I prevent or cope with engorgement when my milk comes in and I have no baby to nurse?
I'm not ready to suppress lactation yet. Is that OK?
Can I donate my milk to a baby in need?
How do I breastfeed my surviving older nursling, twin, or higher order multiple when I'm grieving?
How do I cope with losing my baby and my expected experience of breastfeeding?
Are my feelings about lactation and breastfeeding normal?
How might this experience impact me when I breastfeed a subsequent child?
During pregnancy, hormones stimulate breast growth and the initiation of milk production, or lactation. After
16 weeks of pregnancy, lactation will occur even if the baby dies during pregnancy or during or after labor and
birth. Sometimes mothers breastfeed through pregnancy. And, sometimes mothers are caring for the living
twin or higher order multiple of a baby who died. Therefore, many mothers must make decisions about how
to manage lactation and/or breastfeeding after pregnancy loss or infant death. There is no one right way for a
bereaved mother to respond to, grieve, or cope with the loss of a baby. There is also no one right way for her
to manage lactation or breastfeeding. What helps a mother during pregnancy loss or infant death in one set
of circumstances may not be helpful, desirable, or possible for another mother in a different set of
circumstances. Mothers feel more satisfied with their experience of lactation or breastfeeding when they have
had the information and support they need to freely make their own choices. Because the milk a mother’s
breasts make was meant to be for the baby she lost, lactation and breastfeeding are intimately intertwined
with the process of grief. A mother’s milk is a tangible connection between the mother and her baby.
Unfortunately, bereaved mothers commonly are left without anticipatory guidance or sensitive and
knowledgeable care as they cope with the gut-wrenching question, “What do I do with my milk now that my
baby has died?” This ground breaking book is based on the experiences of bereaved mothers. Throughout
each chapter, their stories are shared with the reader. The book provides guidance for how to effectively help
mothers manage lactation and breastfeeding after the loss of a baby.
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| Copyright 2005-2008 Cynthia Good Mojab All rights reserved |
LifeCircle Counseling and Consulting, LLC
Latest Publishing News Cynthia Good Mojab is in negotiations with a publisher who is interested in publishing her upcoming book. No information is available yet on the publication date or when advance sales will be available. (posted 2/2/08) |
Do you work with bereaved mothers who have experienced the loss of a
baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, neonatal death, or
the death of a twin or higher order multiple?
support for managing lactation or breastfeeding?
Are you unsure how to manage your own feelings of grief when working with
bereaved mothers?
baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, neonatal death, or
the death of a twin or higher order multiple?
support for managing lactation or breastfeeding?
Are you unsure how to manage your own feelings of grief when working with
bereaved mothers?