Whilst on an international breastfeeding course last summer, a Japanese
midwife/LC demonstrated a method of breast massage. She told us Japanese
women have small, firm, immobile breasts that are tethered to the chest
wall. I think I'm right in saying the massage helps to soften and release
the breast and encourages good lactation and drainage. The willing
volunteer, who was feeding a one year-old, layed on her back on a table and
soon there was a fountain of milk shooting high into the air! Apparently it
takes a year to learn this technique, which is only taught in Japan, I may
be wrong here - that's what I remember.

Hilary Myers
midwife & IBCLC
Somerset, England

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