Those of you that are ILCA members may have gotten an ad in the mail 
today from a well known bottle company that has a new manual and 
electric breast pump. I wonder about the claims they are making in the 
written ad they mailed to me.

It says two things that caught me eye that I question or wonder about. 
1). "Unique ultra-soft honeycomb liner pulsates and massages the breast 
to create Prolactin, insuring an increased milk supply and a healthier 
baby." (comment: is the massage action what creates prolactin?) 2). "... 
our revolutionary design uses pulsation (a unique massaging action) to 
stimulate the breast and One-Way airflow to help prevent bacteria from 
entering the breast and causing infections." (comment: I have never 
heard that a breast pump causes air to enter the breast and cause an 
infection but I have heard of how milk can get into the tubing and grow 
bacteria and then circulate down into the milk.)

I just want to know if these are accurate statements. Thanks, Kathy Eng, 
BSW, IBCLC

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