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Sylvia J Boyd <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 20 Jul 1998 01:53:05 EDT
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I have a mom who is nursing twins (born 2/4)  & has been having repeat
engorgment every week or two that resolves with lots of nursing.  The
latest episode moved into mastitis.  She nurses the babies together & a
massage therapist shared the following thoughts in regard to the
recurrent problem:

[ I used to raise dairy goats many moons ago in my hippie days and if we
had a
doe with twins and a nursing  problem (eg. mastitis, engorgement, tender
or
swollen teats) we would only let her have one kid at a time to suckle and
then
trade off! Along with massaging the udder, this sequential nursing often
resolved the problem without using medication.

What do you folks think?

Warmly,
Sylvia Boyd,  CLE, PT, LCCE
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Hayward, CA

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