On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 09:17:06 -0800, Arly Helm <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>?
>
> We know breastmilk supply tends to wane over time with these babies who have
> an extended stay in the NICU--perhaps this early oversupply may serve her
> and other lucky recipient babies in a way that purposely bringing volume
> down would not.

Paula Meier expects that "her" premmies have 3 mos of milk stored when
they are discharged- therefore, if the mom stopped breastfeeding that
day, they would have 3 more months of milk.    she what she has to say
about decreasing supply- I suspect she wou ldnt' encourage it!

--
Kate, http://systems.cs.colorado.edu/~kolina/advantages-of-formula.html
  Mom to Ursula (9.9), Sage (7), Benno (3.7)   "Halloween is a big
holiday for older people. Somehow we got the idea it's healthier if
good people impersonate evil instead of evil people impersonating
goodness."  Garrison Keillor

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