1. Adoptive nursing : this lady wanted to breastfeed her adopted baby and had 6 weeks to prepare(baby's due date).She called me for help and followed the protocol I gave her. By the time her baby was born, she was making milk and breastfed her baby right away. A year later she was still breastfeeding. She had never been pregnant and had adopted three other babies but this was the first time she was getting a newborn and really wanted to breastfeed.She lived in a very small community 2.5 hours drive from the city and had no resources whatsoever. I was it. I was really happy to have made this difference.

2. Mennonite mother; this lady had breastfed all seven of her babies and for some reason, her eighth baby, a boy could not breastfeed. She went to church and prayed and found my ad. She called and came over. Her baby would latch on and suck a bit, but would stop and unlatch himself, give up and cry. His palate was very pronounced and I believe it's because of this that he could't create a seal and suckle. She went home with a new pump that fit her needs and pumped for 9 months, her baby never received formula. The baby would stilll suck for comfort and she tried to nurse for several months but was satisfied her baby got her milk. 

3. Hutterite Colony, Sask; I got a call from the colony leader who told me he needed a good quality pump because he had several moms due at about the same time. He didn't want to rent one. I sent him a new pump and a bonus back up one. He could certainly use it. He sent me a message saying these pumps made a huge difference in maintaining and initiating the milk supply in the moms who had difficulty. Moms in the colony have an excellent support in the community but mechanical support is needed too.

4. Calgary Mom; I had an unusual request; this mom was expecting her baby who would have to be delivered in Edmonton and undergo open heart surgery right away. This was her second baby and she wanted to breastfeed like with her first born. She bought a double electric pump compatible with the one at the hospital and I went over the pumping protocol to follow. Mom and baby went home 4 weeks later, baby breastfeeding. She had lots of milk. When a baby is hospitalized, moms share the pump in the NICU, however they can't remove it from unit, and they find pump is not always available and there is a line up, this makes it hard to relax and letdown. The common pumping protocol on this unit is spaced too far apart,because pump has to be shared. 

5. Call from nearby hospital; first time mom with C-section, general anesthesia, day three going home, baby not nursing (supplemented with formula using syringe). Had tried pumping, but was given one kit and was using it two or three times a day. Not much coming out. This girl came over to my house, I got her connected to a double electric hospital grade pump, which worked like a charm.Gave her the correct pumping protocol to follow, got the baby latched on, showed her techniques to get more milk into baby. She called me two days later and told me she couldn't believe all the milk she was making, and now the baby was content and rewarded by food when she nursed.

6. Almost bought the wrong pump! This lady was at BabiesRus and about to buy the pump salespeople push down everybody's throat.One of my customers overheard her, approached her and told her to call me (gave her my card). Kristina called, we talked, I gave her tips on breastfeeding (she was due in a few weeks). Four days after the baby's birth she came over and tried that particular model.Breastfeeding was going great and she had lots of milk. The pump she had almost spent 380$ for, was wrong, it hurt and she couldn't believe she almost wasted this much money. I had her try a different model and she loved it.It also cost her almost half the price as the other one. This scenario is the most common one from all my customers.

7. LLL called me about a mom who needed help( I get a lot of calls from LLL). Her third baby was refusing to breastfeed after being left a few hours with grandma and a bottle (3 month old). I relayed my suggestions to LLL leader and the mom called me. I helped her get her baby back to the breast.  Her other two babies had been fine going back and forth between breastfeeding and bottle-feeding. This

 one wasn't. It took a few days to get this baby back nursing completely.

8. Mom with bad experience first time; very common scenario. I go over the first experience and go over a plan that will work. Most often, it is because baby got a bottle, other times improper technique (believing baby has to follow a set schedule ie feed every 4 hours). Most moms do really well the second time if they are given the proper preparation and follow instructions. These are the moms who contact me the most, often for several months and I offer my support and advice.