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 While this anecdote doesn't  include multiples, I can offer my personal
experience.  When my son was born, I had a lot of trouble latching him onto
my right breast.  The left side was a snap, only the right was problematic.
So after a month of making life miserable for myself and my son, I figured,
"Well, heck, twins nurse on only one side.  I should be fine!"  And I
was.  David was born at 10 lbs 1 oz and was 20 pounds by 3 months with no
supplementation whatsoever.  Just me and my UniBoob.  I looked rather
hysterical.  I continued to nurse on that one side for 4 years.  My 3rd
daughter nursed off both sides for about 10 months, then we went back to my
right side and she is still nursing at 3 years.  She too was a 10 pound baby
and a chunky 3 month old with nary a bottle in sight.

I, for one, think that my left breast deserves an award once I'm
done nursing my babies! :-)  And I do think it speaks to the awesome power
of the breast to adjust to the needs of a baby.



> Date:    Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:03:53 +0200
> From:    Micaela Notarangelo <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: How many multiples can be exclusively breastfed?
>
> I know it may depends on a large variety of factors, but what is the
> maximum number of multiples that you have seen exclusively breastfed?
> How common you think it is?
>
> I would like this information for a different context than twins and
> multiples.
> I have to talk about breastfeeding after mastectomy, and I want to give
> a strong message about how it is possible to bf with one single breast.
> If I could say that in case of multiples, mothers have breastfed x
> babies for each breast (where x is a number larger than one) I think I
> could give a strong and intuitve image of the power of the breast to
> produce enough milk.
>
> Can you help with numbers, please? :-)
>
> Thank you!
> Micaela
> LLL Leader, Italy
>
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