I'm sure that many of you remember Jenn Michelle, who wrote a guest post about pumping through chemotherapy in order to resume nursing once her cancer treatment was through.
The picture to the left, of Jenn Michelle and her daughter nursing at the zoo, tells part of the story of what happened. Jenn Michelle pumped as long as she could through her treatment (read the original post to learn what she did with the milk), eventually finding that her production decreased significantly. She stopped pumping, but when her treatment ended, her daughter went back right back to nursing.
Unfortunately, Jenn Michelle just learned that her cancer is back, and she'll need to resume treatment. From a recent post:
"i asked [my daughter] if she remembered having to stop nursing before. i
sobbed and tried my best to reassure her that we will try so very hard
to make it back to where we are now.
this is beyond horrifying. i can’t believe we have to go through
this again. i can’t believe i have to force my baby girl to stop
nursing again. the chemo, that’s nothing."
Jenn Michelle is collecting donations for her Stand Up To Cancer team, hoping to raise $1,500 by her 36th birthday on August 15th. I donated, and hope you'll consider giving, too.
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