Pardee,

You wrote:

>In fact, I typically recommend feeding the very young baby on only one breast
>per feeding and have found multiple benefits:
>*easier for mother who is new at positioning and attaching baby at breast
>*keeps baby feeding longer as new babies often fall asleep and do not arouse
>to attach to second side--already attached to first side and can be reminded
>to suck
>*gets more hind milk into baby
>*allows milk to more throuroughly flow through a breast at every other
>feeding rather than partial flow each feeding-- result seems to be decrease
>in plugged ducts and decrease in engorgement for the mothers following this
>plan

This all makes sense to me, except the last part about 'decrease in plugged
ducts and decrease in engorgement'.

Isn't it better for engorgement relief to drain(into the baby that is,via
breastfeeding) something from each breast at each feeding?  Just a
question....thanks.

By the way, your hospital and Neonat. sound fabulous!

Roberta