Yeah, I've only ever seen breast pumps do the job (ideally with the assistance of hand expression) before there is a child to suckle. I have known of a couple of cases where a partner has "shown the toddler what to do" by suckling themselves and it has assisted but that's pretty unusual.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
On 15/07/2013, at 4:32 PM, Shannon, RN, IBCLC wrote:

> uced lactation (for a situation where there is not yet a baby in the home), I was asked about the effectiveness of "natural" pumping / breast stimulation by a significant other instead of a breastpump.  I cannot recall any prior professional discussion about this question.  Seperating the question from the situation, do you have any prior clinical experiences with a similar case?  I am quite familiar with induced lactation and the Newman-Goldfarb Protocol.  But, when it has become time for the consistent breast stimulation via milk removal phase, I have only ever known the "formula" to progress with the use of a industrial-grade pump.  Perhaps, in addition to some of the more obvious issues such as timing, access, stamina, sensitivity, etc, there could be other more practical issues such as the actual collection of milk for storage, consistency, vacuum, etc.  Before I will follow-up with a family who has posed this question, I desired to reach out to my peers.  Help!

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