>Do you wise lactnetters have any suggestions for mothers nursing twins when
>there is an oversupply problem?  Usual interventions of sticking to one
>side for several hours are obviously a bit difficult to follow in this
>situation.
>
>Problem with one mother developed, initially, I believe, when she was
>pumping enthusiastically for her preemie twins. C-section birth was 2/17/97
>at 34 weeks' gestation.  Now both babies are home, fully breastfed, and
>mother is no longer pumping at all for past month.  She has continued to
>have an abundant milk supply.  Babies are growing nicely.  Very gassy, want
>to nurse every 1 1/2 hour
>for past 2 weeks.  Stools are not green or loose, and in fact, one of the
>babies has stool only every 6 days or so.  Positioning and latch-on are
>good.  Usually nurses in "football" (clutch) hold using nursing pillow.

Anne,
I'm a bit confused here. Other than the gassiness, what are the signs of
oversupply?


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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
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