Linda

I don't mean this to sound facetious, but how about using a real 
mother, or several real mothers with real lactating breasts?  Many 
years ago I was one member of a 3-part team who did this at a 
conference.  We managed to find a mother who would be willing to be 
the demo model (bless her...).  Professor Peter Hartmann was the 
"teacher" who described the anatomy of the lactating breast, what 
hand expression should look like and how it worked, I was the LC and 
the demonstrator who carried out his instructions, and the mother was 
the lactating breast.  To my great relief  it worked, we got milk 
(!!) and there had been no practising beforehand... and the audience 
of 200 or so health care providers including doctors, all learned something.

Pamela Morrison IBCLC
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>Has anyone ever made a model to demonstrate hand expression?  I'm thinking
>of something that would ooze drops of a thick liquid if done correctly and
>nothing would come out if they just squeezed the nipple for a 10-minute
>station at a skills lab for nurses.  Any ideas?  Or is there something
>already out there that I wouldn't have to create?
>
>Linda Anderegg, BSN, RNC, IBCLC in Chicago

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