I have been curious about this for a long time, and have always read with
interest any time the subject comes up.  With my oldest, I nursed her for a
year.  (I unknowingly assumed a nursing strike was the end of nursing.)  I
leaked drops for about a *year* after weaning!  I attributed that to the
fact that I was working in Pediatrics, and was hearing lots of babies
crying.

I can't imagine what would have happened if I was in your client's
situation.  As Margaret asked, how do you ensure someone is "dried up"?

Marita Nickison, RN, IBCLC


> My other question is more generally about the cessation of breastfeeding
> and the programmed cell-death of the alveoli -- what's the process
> behind some women's ability to express a few drops of milk long after
> weaning? How can we say that someone is "dried up."?  This relates
> somewhat to Lisa Marasco's current thread about how relactation or
> induced lactation might be affected by the mother's history.  How much
> functional tissue hangs around after weaning?
>
> Margaret Wills, LLLL, IBCLC
>

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