My MIL told me that she was told to stop nursing her first baby because, to quote, " the baby's
stools were very runny (!) and were full of stringy mucus."  Being a brave lady, she sought a second opinion,
and the new doc told her to bring in a milk sample. He said that he could see mucus in the sample and advised
her to stop nursing immediately. Since this was 50 years ago, we shall probably never know the whole story,
but I do wonder if anybody has ever seen "stringy milk?"
        BTW, when her second child was 6w/o, my MIL moved down to Florida. Before she left New Jersey her doc
(the same one who diagnosed the stringy milk,) told her not to be surprised if the stress of moving dried up
up milk. Guess what happened on the train going to Florida?


Norma Ritter, IBCLC, LLLL,  who believes that like sex, the ability to breastfeed is largely in the brain!
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Date: 12/16/95
Time: 07:21:24