Dear Heather Neville:

Your questions are important and a lovely example of reflective practice. I
wish I had answers to your important questions.

Your post reminded me of a study done in New Zealand where a
multi-discplinary team reduced the number of TOT-release surgeries.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30173975/


Results: Frenotomy intervention rate reduced markedly from 11.3% in 2015 to
3.5% by mid-2017.


I am wondering too, about the impact of increasing levels of pollution.
Pollution affects the reproductive functions of all species; RAchel Carson
first published about this nearly 70 years ago. Also progesterone, used in
infertility work, is associated with an increase in mid-line defects.


I don't believe that supplementation would reset sucking patterns to the
extent that surgery would be an answer.There are others reading this post
that would be able to comment more about patterns of activity than I..
(Deborah Swank?) Personally, having worked with many bottle-fed babies who
have been able to breastfeed comfortably after craniosacral therapy,
remedial co-bathing, patience, enough milk that the mother leaks when baby
is skin to skin.


Factory obstetrics, routine use of interventions to keep birth on a
schedule, does have a terrible impact on babies, bresatfeeding, and
familiy dynamics. Lots published about that.

start with Linda Smth's great book, "The Impact of Birthing Practices on
Breastfeeding".


Kay Hoover commented, when she was working at the LC at a local hospital,
that more mothers were sick with chronic disease than when she started
breastfeeding work in the 1970s. I would agree.


Oh daer...what are we humans doing to ourselves, and our world?


warmly,


-- 
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC, RYT
www.nikkileehealth.com
Pronouns: she/her/hers
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