In a message dated 8/15/2011 12:01:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Has  anyone had any experience with referring clients to an acupuncturist 
to  increase milk supply?
 
Oops I lost the name of the poster... anyway...
I learned from mothers I worked with about the local acupuncturist(s). Then 
 I went and watched a session, with permission of the mom and the 
practitioner.  It works well because I could hold the baby. :) I was amazed to see 
this mom  stand up, milk dripping from her breast, when before she was 
struggling ( was  already doing  other things that usually normalize supply.) It 
works  profoundly with some moms, and does nothing for others. The mom who has 
no  response to it, or no significant change, had an underlying history 
that we  think was relevant. She went through a bout of anorexia during the 
time she  "should " have been going through normal breast development and we 
think ( me  and the breastfeeding medicine doc who dug deeply in her past) 
this meant she  just didn't lay down the underpinnings for normal lactation. 
Same issue with  second baby, but she made about 25-30% supply instead of 
15-20 with her first.  Devastating...
 
Peace,
Judy

 
Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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