This little story of mine is not scientific either but it had a great outcome using OATMEAL. My firstborn daughter (18 years ago)was born 8 lbs 4 oz, she went home from the hospital 4 days later at 7 lbs 10 oz. My breastfeeding education came entirely from my mom who was great but we were sinking fast. My exclusively breastfed daughter was weighed at 2 weeks and only weighed 7 lbs 12 oz. The intervention of my health care provider was going to be a turning point in my life. She valued my breastmilk and my decision to exclusively breastfeed. I did not know there were such people. I must say I was an inexperienced mother and did not have the passion then for it as I do now. The midwife who weighed her could have interfered with our breastfeeding relationship in any number of ways, as you know and I would have done what she suggested. But she did not. Her advice supported our efforts to breastfeed and shared our value of human milk. She asked a few simple questions like how clean was my house (sparkling!) and did I get rest (what? And not have a clean house?), and was I eating properly (there was noooo time) and then asked my husband the same questions and gave him a recipe for OATMEAL banana nut bread and instructed him to make 2 loaves, and instructed me to eat a couple of slices a day for my energy needs (very practical and fast nutrition) and to take the baby to bed with me (What???) and to let the house go for the rest of the week. My daughter gained 12 ounces in one week! And I got more rest and nutrition and a much happier baby. Talk about mothering the mother and father as a family!!!! She changed my life, now I help others likewise. Theresa Johnson RN IBCLC --- George & Angela <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, there isn't any scientific research to back up > the oatmeal theory, but here are a few things that > could explain why it may help boost milk supply. > http://www.kellymom.com/herbal-rem_n.html > > Basically it is an old wives tale, but a lot of > women swear by it. > Angela Grypma > > > *********************************************** > The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's > renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software together with > L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) > mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more > information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html