Laurie,

In answer to your question, all three of my sons nursed willingly on 
both breasts, even though my right breast clearly produced very little 
or no milk, especially with my first. I tandem nursed my first two and 
restricted my first son to the "bionic" breast when I experienced the 
usual nipple soreness of pregnancy. (I had very little sensation in my 
right breast after the implant surgery, which made nursing during 
pregnancy on that side a breeze.)  When his brother was born on his 
third birthday, he continued to nurse only on my right breast. He didn't 
complain about it and continued to nurse till he was 5. My third son, 
though, refused my right breast beginning at around six months and went 
on to nurse on the left breast for more than 5 years.

Warm regards,
Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA
Chicago suburbs
www.NancyMohrbacher.com <http://www.nancymohrbacher.com/>

Nancy, Enjoyed your article. What I have seen, working with dyads for 
over 30 yrs, is that babies very often flat out refuse the breasts with 
poor production, poor flow. Therefore, the supplementer is the only way 
to bf those babies whose mothers have bilateral hypoplasia or breast 
reduction. I have not seen many babies who will agree to nurse on a 
breast making very little milk. I know babies are supposed to suck for 
comfort, but I think they want milk. Perhaps in your experience, having 
one fully functional breast, your babies “knew” they were going to get 
milk from the one side, and agreed to suck for comfort (and later, milk) 
from the other side?


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