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Patricia wrote:
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Her supply seemed below what her baby wanted so she began pumping. Dad had
been around while I was working with her (I do home visits) and he was very
detatched and disinterested. When she began pumping, a few ducts were
spraying and she was getting a pretty good flow. She was so excited. Then
Dad looked over and said, "All you need to do is Moo." She gave an
embarrassed laugh and I commented that she is making human milk for their
baby and doing a great job. He said that he grew up on a dairy farm and the
pump sounded just like the pump for the cows 'cept they had four instead of
two.
Immediately the milk flow stopped. Not a drop would come.<<<
I've wondered before about such a "contra letdown". I've never heard before that
it exists. I thougth that "theory" says, that once the let down reflex occurs
the milk flows and than cannot be stopped anymore.
But I am terrible with pumping. I cannot get much out of it. Even when I already
have a letdown and the milk flows, as soon as I put the pump on my breast, the
flow stops. Kind of contra letdown reflex occurs.
Has this been described before?
--
Annelies Bon
mother of Dirk 6yo, Tom 4yo, Pieter 1yo
counsellor of the Dutch bf organization "Borstvoeding Natuurlijk"
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