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	Nicki Heskin BellaOnline's Breastfeeding Editor

Are second-hand breastpumps safe? [offsite link]
Many moms wish to save money by getting a second-hand breastpump. Kathy Kuhn, RN, BSN, IBCLC discusses the safety of this practice.

Breast Milk Pumping and Storage Basics
Basic guidelines for pumping and storage of expressed breast milk.

Common Concerns When Storing Human Milk [offsite link]
Article by Cindy Scott Duke that includes information on the typical visual characteristics of human milk, odor of human milk, and current milk storage guidelines. From the La Leche League website.

Exclusively pumping breastmilk [offsite link]
Excellent article by Kathy Kuhn, RN, BSN, IBCLC that disusses the benefits of feeding expressed milk, nutritional differences between direct breastfeeding and feeding expressed milk, challenges, maximizing the quality of your expressed milk, bonding, and deciding whether or not to continue to get baby to accept the breast.

Exclusively Pumping Moms website [offsite link]
Tips and troubleshooting FAQs from the moms at the ParentsPlace Exclusively Pumping Moms support board.

Hand Expression of Breast Milk
Hand expression of breastmilk can be a useful tool for breastfeeding moms. Gives examples of situations and reasons when hand expression would be appropriate or especially helfpul.

How To Store Breast Milk
Guidelines for storing expressed breast milk -- fresh, refrigerated or frozen.

Increasing supply when exclusively pumping for a premature baby [offsite link]
Tips from members of the online support group, PREEMIE-L.

Laura´s Pumping Page [offsite link]
Information on breastpumps and pumping, setting up a pumping station and milk storage from a mom who started out exclusively pumping. Includes a comparison of the Ameda Egnell Purely Yours and the Medela Pump in Style breastpumps.

Long-Term Pumping When Direct Breastfeeding Doesn´t Work Out [offsite link]
Tips on maintaining milk supply for exclusively pumping moms by Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC.

Mothers Who Forgo Breastfeeding for Pumping [offsite link]
Information from a survey of exclusively pumping mothers, by Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC. Reprinted from the March 1996 issue of Ameda/Egnell´s Circle of Caring newsletter.

My Pump Isn´t Working!! [offsite link]
Troubleshooting for Breastpump Users by Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC.

Pumping Moms Information Exchange [offsite link]
FAQs, advocacy and more from the Pumping Moms listserv.

Stimulating a Letdown
Stimulating a letdown can be tricky business, whether nursing your baby or pumping. Here´s some tips to get the milk flowing...

Supporting the Human-Milk-Feeding Mother [offsite link]
Article by Jill Landis about supporting mothers who pump exclusively, from the La Leche League Leader´s magazine Leaven.

Using Stored Breast Milk - Guidelines
Guidelines for using expressed breast milk - including information on milk separation, warming or thawing breast milk, reusing milk and stocking frozen breastmilk.

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