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Jeanette Panchula <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:45:37 -0700
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I attended the BALA conference last year with Rebecca Glover.  She spoke
long and extensively about her latch-on method, which I have found very
helpful with many of our moms.  

One point she made was that using her technique seemed to help babies deal
with moms with overactive milk ejection reflex or oversupply.  (Baby's head
is tilted much further back than we usually see in videos.)

She also spoke for a short time (running late) on how she deals with
oversupply - which is to use a good breast pump and TOTALLY and COMPLETELY
"empty" the breast once - then use one breast per feeding from then on.
With twins, I wonder if you would STILL use only one breast per feeding?
She had found this was one way of getting the breasts to "reset" their
production.  Of course this is NOT evidence-based - but it seems that you
are past that and into the "try this" mode.  

I did have a mom with oversupply that responded to NOTHING - even
estrogen-based birth control pills and then parlodel (bromocriptine) was
used as a last resort with no permanent lowering of production.  Her MD
later found problems with her adrenal glands and she required surgery.  

Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, PHN, IBCLC
California

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