i just heard that at a medela seminar - from a participant of course ;-)

hand expression is a wonderful art that every mother should know of;
it makes life easier!

nina

2010/9/2 Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear Friends:
>
> My opinion about pumps in the NICU, have one for each infant bed. In
> postpartum, I am not sure. Perhaps one for every 2 beds.
>
> A recent study (that of course I can't find right this minute)  suggests
> that mothers get more milk via hand expression in the first 48 hours after
> birth. Mothers that hand expressed got an average of 1.3 ml per session;
> mothers that pumped got an average of 0.6 ml per session.
>
> warmly,
>
> Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
> craniosacral therapy practitioner
> www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
>
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secular authorities, controlled medical education and practice, the
Inquisition constitutes, among other things, an early instance of the
"professional" repudiating the skills and interfering with the rights
of the "nonprofessional" to minister to the poor. -Thomas Szasz, The
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