> From: Jack Newman <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Breast compression is a technique which I have developed after I
> observed women in South Africa and some of the women from breastfeeding
> cultures who have come to the clinic.  I suppose it is somewhat like
> alternate breast massage.
>
> I teach the mother how to know the baby is getting milk
> (open-pause-close type of suck).  When the mother no longer observes the
> baby nursing like that, I suggest she take a good handful of breast
> (thumb on one side, other fingers on the other), and simply squeeze.  If
> it works (more open-pause-close type of sucks), she keeps the pressure
> up until the baby is back to nibbling.  She then releases the pressure.
> If the baby stops sucking she waits until he starts again.  If he
> *drinks*, fine.  If not, she starts the compression again.  That's all.

This technique really works. I came up with it all on my own (am I
allowed to feel proud of myself?) when my son would be fussy at the
breast, sleepy, but not willing to go to sleep. The compression worked
every time to keep him at the breast long enough to nurse off to sleep.
He was/is a very good nurser, so I've only needed to use the technique
when he's fighting sleep.

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