Margaret writes:

<< On page 429 of the ever-useful Breastfeeding Answer Book, under the
 heading "Deep Breast Pain in the First Six Weeks," it mentions muscle
 strains as a possibility.

 A more likely explanation -- "Pain from a forceful let-down may be due
 to the stretching of the ducts as the milk passes through them."   This
 may be worse in an oversupply situation. >>
The suggestions of heat, and time, and attention to positioning ( sometimes
moms feel this more sitting up due to the gravity pulling down the milk even
faster,  than they do lying ) down, ) if it is muscular in origin, perhaps
some Calcium/Magnesium supplementation of mom might help if this is
cramping/spasming of some kind...treat the muscles here like other muscles,
in a sense...
Judy LeVan Fram, Brooklyn. NY

             ***********************************************
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