Heather wrote: 

OK - I start from the premise that milk does not disappear. 



Alice: 
I totally agree. Also that lack of fullness at this stage is normal. I told her these things; discussed how milk is made in lactogenesis III. This did not reassure her, at least not so as I could tell. I think her level of anxiety is such that these facts don’t register or touch it. 



It is not a complete nursing strike. Baby does nurse; not for very long but then 4 month-olds don’t necessarily nurse very long. 



Heather, you write that “She is looking hard and finding 'stuff'.” I agree and there is a reason she is looking. She signaling loud and clear that she needs help and she isn’t getting it. I’m just not sure what the help is. It might not have to do with breastfeeding at all. 



On the one hand, I’m thinking inhibited MER. That would be the horse. Is there a zebra? Could she have a problem with her thyroid or pituitary? 

Alice Roddy 
LLLL, Front Royal, VA 
Nursing is the biological norm for mothers and babies. It is a relationship that provides stress reducing hormones to the mother as well as stimulation, connection, and protection from illness to the baby. It even feeds the baby. 

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