Pam - There is one line in your post that jumped out at me:  Mom never
experienced fullness, or engorgement..

 

It is my understanding that this raises a red flag for many.  However, I
have read that if an infant breastfeeds AT BIRTH, and frequently and as long
as the baby desires in the first few days, the mom will not experience that
engorgement on day 2, 3, 4, etc, that we are so used to seeing.  Can that be
studied?  Not in our society as most infants do not follow that pattern;
perhaps in some Third World countries where the infants may BF dozens of
times per day (per Margaret Mead, anthropologist) and for as long as they
want.  Here, we do not see the biological norm, not even in most home
births.  Our books, logs, pamphlets, etc tell moms that 6 feedings per day
is normal up to and through day 2, and 8-12 feedings per day from then on.
Moms have asked me why nobody tells them the truth; that it is much more
than that.  Dare we tell them it is because most women in our culture would
be very upset or should we start telling the truth?  :-)

Warm regards,

Lee

Lee Galasso, MS, LLLL, IBCLC, RLC

Lactation Specialist

Lactation Center of Westchester/Putnam

Westchester County in NYS, USA

914-245-2206

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Vice-President

Westchester/Putnam/Rockland (WPR) Lactation Consortium

 

 

 


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