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This discussion hit home. With dear son -- child number 3, I had NO MILK
on the left side. I had breastfed two daughters successfully with minor
problems. When Tim came along, there were all the usual breast changes (I've
never been a stellar producer), but I didn't make any milk on the left
side. We could never figure it out. Now I did have problems with him
latching to start with, and he was never a great nurser (he's the one that made me
into a lactation consultant, after all), but I started pumping PDQ with a
classic....the most I could ever get on the left side was 3 cc. One time.
Other than that it was drops. I'd put him on that side faithfully first
each time, would pump longer and more often on that side (this is before the
days of double pumping) and nothing. The most I ever got (when I got back
to work) on the right side was nearly 3 ounces/pumping.
I remember the first breastfeeding conference I ever attended was in
downtown Chicago (this is just before ILCA and IBLCE were born) and talking to
Audrey Naylor about why I couldn't get any milk out of the left side. She
didn't have a clue. No one else did either. I finally gave up prodding it
along after about 7 months and went to just right sided nursing. All
mammos have been normal, there is no difference in size or shape of the breast.
Only thing is I did have mastitis (not horribly) on the left side with dd2
which decreased the supply significantly on that side when I was nursing
her, but I still had enough to nurse her exclusively even after that. Tim
was born 6 years after dd2....
So -- there still are mysteries out there....
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA whose breasts became senile a long time
ago. Isn't that a horrid thing to say about breasts? Perhaps instead of
senile breasts, we should call them "decorative" when they are no longer
functional.
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