Hi Marie,
No scientific approach from this side of the world, but as with many
stimuli: they wear off, after a while. Compare with what we all like here
around the house: tickling/massaging eachother with your fngertops, like on
arms, hands, legs, feet, backs. The first touches can sometimes be hard to
bear, then they become comfortable and then you hardly feel them anymore.
Change arm/hand/leg/foot and the tickling starts all over again. All this
sense of comfort is oxytocine as well! I would definitely not describe this,
though, as negatively impacting or disrupting the oxy reflex. It is just
simply feedback response from the body: not one single level of a biochemic
substance that is released/caused by a reflex can remain high forever. The
higher they are, the lower they fall. Kerstin Moberg explained that really
well, don't you think, Karleen?
So: changing breasts while feeding when a baby does not drink effectively
anymore is a wise thing to do. And about the multiple let downs... mostly
the first few are strongest. This is what I always tell as being an
advantage to double-sided pumping: you can benefit from the strong first
(few) reflex(es) on both breasts. Nothing new about the article, we all know
this; it's just funny wording. ;o))
Warmly,
Marianne Vanderveen, Netherlands
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marie Farver" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 6:54 AM
Subject: [LACTNET] baby led breastfeeding article
>I know there has been much discussion of this article, but what of this
> assertion that "it conditions the let down response," and "disrupts
> oxytocin." Never heard of such a thing or such wording. Can someone
> enlighten me as to what they mean? Women get multiple let downs during a
> feed, how can longer feeds disrupt this?
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