Okay now that the subject got your attention (LOL) on to the matter.

I've been reading about this "seven minute" time limit. Well after nursing
5 babies I have to say that for some..it works out that way..for others
not. Not that I'm saying anything new to anyone.

In my person study of unilaterally nursing 5 kids, I have to say that
nursing the twins is very interesting. I can have both fed and burped and
asleep (sometimes) in under 20 minutes. this has me thinking about the old
supply and demand subject as well as fore milk and hind milk. It seems the
more demand..the higher the fat content.

I'm sure express 40% cream... if ya ask me. You would think that nursing
two babies unilaterally would take most of my day. It doesn't. I believe my
milk comes out so rich from start to finish that the girls only need to be
on the boob for a short period of time. Why this is so..I can't explain.
Only that my boob has compensated so perfectly that it gives me time to sit
and do puzzles and get my laundry folded. The girls never squak and they
truly are sleeping through the night at 4 months. They have never received
a single supplement and one of them sucks her thumb (which is really great
cause at night Nicky will nudge me in her sleep for a snack, and I will
notice Amy sucking her thumb, after 4 minutes or so of nursing Nicky she
falls back to sleep, I move over to Amy's side of the bed and pull out her
thumb and nurse her till she pops off..again about 4 minutes later and we
all go back to sleep).

I know this post is more about sharing this incredible expereince, but as a
peer support person for breastfeeding women, this experience is priceless!
I have pumped my breast and found that the milk does not seperate very
well, the fat almost seems homogenized. I truly would love to have the fat
percentage tested.

Anyways...my twin girls are over 12 pounds (birth weights 6-7 and 6-12)now
and lovely. One is watching us eat very earnestly and sucks her fist as she
watches us eat.

well thanks for reading, now back to lurking.

Patricia B.
http:/www.breechbabies.com/the_twinkies.htm

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