Alicia's acquaintance who has weaned her 5 yo:  you say she's due soon.  How
soon?  I haven't worked with many people prenatally so can only provide my
anecdotal personal experience that my breasts felt quite full and swollen in
the month before I delivered my first....  and I was able to express
substantially more than drops in the shower.  The sensation was similar to
the sore breasts of early pregnancy, only a lot *fuller*.  At the time I
felt terribly guilty, afraid all that colostrum was going down the
drain........  and didn't know if what was "left" would be sufficient for
the baby.  Also didn't know if I was creating a risk for premature labor or
anything (ah, ignorance is bliss!).  But the discomfort was significant and
expressing provided relief.  (He was born 5 days post dates, I had an
apparent plentiful supply of colostrum, and my milk came in at three days,
so in this extremely unscientific study, nothing was changed by the
unconventional procedures followed prenatally!)

Mary Renard
Vienna VA