Susan Burger postulates that :

> In terms of the question of mothers who don't release to the pump, I
> thin= k the main reason=20
> is that the ducts may be placed deeper in the breast than for other
> mothe= rs and need=20
> compression rather than just suction for a good release.

This was the conclusion I reached about myself.  When hand expressing my
fingers are a good inch to inch and a half behind my areola.  This also
left me concluding that my children must have fed off letdowns for 2 or
more years.

In another area, Diane Wiessinger comments on the value of video.  I also
found that I had copious colostrum and supposed, because I had been taught
it came in small amounts, that I was an exception.  I am always trying to
remember that what I think I 'know' may not be any more helpful than the
leeches of the middle ages.
Lisa Powell-Sabinske, MS, RD, IBCLC

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