Nikki reports on the hind milk as good milk phenomenon....
 
I think  this could be in
part because lactoengineering is used appropriately in  NICU and been
extrapolated to term  infants.>>

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I think it is a result of nurses telling mothers to make sure they nurse  
long enough to get to the hind milk, and if they don't nurse long enough, it 
is  possible the baby won't GET the hind milk.  Hence you get the question 
in  the hospital:  "How long do I have to nurse before I get to the "good"  
milk.
 
When I'm teaching, I tell the students that if there is one thing I could  
get rid of, I would get rid of the whole hindmilk/foremilk discussion.   
It's ALL good milk.  And let the baby breastfeed.  If we would just  pay 
attention to our babies instead of the clocks and the sundials and the  myriad of 
books out there....
 
Speaking of which, one of my favorite (not) books talked about -- get this  
-- "Quencher milk, fore milk and hind milk".  And it took 18 minutes to get 
 to the hind milk.  I nearly had a coronary when I read that one...
 

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
Lactation Education  Consultants
_www.lactationeducation.com_ (http://www.lactationeducation.com/)   

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