<<Breast compression is a technique for keeping up the milk flow once the milk flow has slowed down.>> With early postpartum moms and babies, for the too lazy feeder or the impatient infant who get too quickly frustrated during those first few sucks after latch, I find that teaching the mom gentle massage and breast compression also very useful to facilitate the *start* of colostrum flowing, a jump start or quicker reward. I encourage these techniques only as needed. I've noticed that, for those babies, if the baby gets that quicker reward he is more likely to keep up the good effort, instead of coming off to sleep or cry. The mom is very likely to notice this and make a comment of happy relief about how much better the baby is nursing. Deborah Tobin