Absolutely Rachael! 
Karleen Gribble
Australia


> So: two serious medical conditions predisposing for low supply,
> history of an intervention which can impact supply, a complicated
> birth which lessened the chances that the baby would be able to feed
> effectively from day one, massive generalized edema post partum, very
> little stimulation in the first 48 hours and sporadic expression from
> then on - and still she was producing more milk than many of the
> 'healthy' mothers on our ward.
> 
> All this illustrates is that you really never know whether anyone is
> going to make a ton of milk or hardly any. I continue to hold that all
> mothers should be cared for with the assumption that breastfeeding
> will work until proven otherwise, by skilled and knowledgeable people
> who are able to keep an eye out for complications as they emerge so
> they don't get a chance to become insurmountable. This case did not
> *really* teach me anything new, except perhaps that even quark works
> for engorgement if you expect it to.
> 
> with utmost respect for the work of mothers,
> Rachel Myr
> Kristiansand, Norway
> 
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