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Anne Robb <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 12 Oct 1997 23:24:09 -0700
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All this talk on MER and not very many answers... so here's more questions
-- come on you lactation wise ones we of "just enough knowledge to get us in
trouble" need you!

Here are the questions I was asked by a mom today:
       1) If a mom gets little result when pumping -- <1 ounce total with
top grade best kind of pump (same result with Q3 pumping for 1 week) and
says she doesn't feel any MER with pump how likely is it that pumping would
do anything to boost her supply?
       2) If same mom says she doesn't feel MER with baby or see the rythmic
swallowing/sucking/pausing pattern indicative of MER and good milk flow how
likely is it that she is producing much milk or will ever? Is this HER
problem or a suck problem with baby, both? neither? how do you tell?
       3) Do first time mothers have more problems with MER and milk
production/supply issues than moms with mulitple kidlets and more lactation
experience?

 I confess I didn't have much by way of answers for her...

Reading up on MER, thinking how interesting these questions came mid
discussion on lactnet!



Anne E. Robb, MAT, LLLL
Off on a Tangent, Oregon, USA
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