Sorry, I think I may have missed some posts, but are you referring to
changes during pregnancy or after delivery?  I thought that both
asymmetrical breasts, and breasts that did not change during pregnancy were
regarded as possible poor prognosis for breastfeeding and milk supply.
Please correct my memory.
thanks,
Patricia Ellis RN MA IBCLC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 5:36 AM
Subject: changes in breast size; empowering moms


> Pat's comment had as much wisdom as humor:
> "I had a friend who says that she takes her figure
> from her dad, but she made plenty of rich milk for her
> chubby babies."
>
> A few years back a LLLL in my area was fond of jumping
> up at meetings to offer expectant moms the side view
> of her her oh-so-slender figure for inspiration.
> "When I'm not breastfeeding I just have mosquito
> bites!" quipped our charming British import.  "And not
> much more when I am!"  She would then fork-lift her
> meaty middle boy back on to her lap & comment "and he
> would have nothing but my milk for 19 months!"
>
> I continue to be amazed by the slender,
> sometimes-vegan mothers who heave enormous
> "exclusively breasfed" babies and toddlers onto their
> laps for a mothers' meeting.
>
> I've asked mothers for years about changes in breast
> size (when supply was a concern).  Whether the issue
> is self-reporting or an aspect of breast anatomy not
> yet understood, I have not found mothers' reports to
> have much relation to observed milk production.  Today
> I am likely to use a mother's self-observation of
> changes as one more assurance her body is working for
> her.  If she is still expecting & concerned, I assure
> her that her active baby will certainly inspire
> changes!  If a mother sees no changes I assure her
> that many mothers are too busy nursing & changing
> plentiful diapers to notice such things!  I point out
> the many signs she has that milk supply is high & her
> baby is thriving.
>
> This comment is not meant to address serious supply
> concerns or the rare but real issue of insufficient
> glandular tissue.  Just a comment regarding the
> opportunity to encourage milk production among the
> vast majority of women for whom everything is working
> but societal support.  Many of us who gather through
> this format see the general population (from birth
> centers to mother support meetings) in addition to a
> self-selecting group of mothers with challenges.  We
> never know when a small comment made in an offhand
> manner will help or hinder, one mom at a time.
> Science notwithstanding --
>
> Milk is emotional secretion.
>
> Susan Johnson  MFA, IBCLC
>
> "Well-behaved women seldom make history."
>                       Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
>
>
>
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