Dear Friends:
There are several articles about breast massage relevant to our work.

One, from the fabulous crowd of wonderful women who publish their research
done in Sweden, describes how a newborn massages its mother's breast and
makes the oxytocin levels rise as much as they would rise with suckling.
(Ransjo-Arvidson Birth March 2001).

Another is from Japan, the Oketani method of breast massage:
  <http://oketani.smile.tc/e_oketani.htm>

 <http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20000727a1.html>

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http://journals.lww.com/jpgn/Abstract/2004/05000/Composition_of_Milk_Obtained_From_Unmassaged.5.aspx>
 This article showed that massage increased solid, lipid and casein
concentrations in milk. Mothers massaged one breast and not the other one;
milk from each was compared.

The third is from Dr. Jane Morton, who published an article "Combining Hand
Techniques with Pumping Increases Milk Production in Mothers of Premature
Infants"  J Perinatology July 2009. One of the techniques is to massage
while pumping, to increase milk yield and also increase fat content.

warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
craniosacral therapy practitioner
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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