Judy, with all due respect...if moms in China (and anywhere else on
this big blue marble) **put the babies to breast** effectively in the
first postpartum days, the vast majority of them would need neither a
pump, nor a nursemaid to perform breast massage, to get milk production
"up and running".

Preaching to the choir: the ultimate "low tech" manner of establishing
an abundant milk supply is putting an eager infant to the breast.  Milk
production is primarily determined by effective emptying of the breast;
this simple physiologic fact is well known and has been clearly
expressed in the writings of Dr. Ruth Lawrence, Marsha Walker, and many
others. The practice of using bottles/artificial feedings "until mom's
milk comes in" is potentially detrimental to mom's milk supply; this is
also well known and has been well documented by many in the lactation
field. 

Again, I perceive the "nursemaid" service as a means of creating jobs
and generating revenue, at the potential expense of normal lactation.  

My opinion, FWIW,
Carole Jernigan

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> Date:    Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:26:56 -0700
> From:    Judy Ritchie <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Breast massage in China
> 
> How interesting that the Chinese have initiated breast massage to
> ensure
> milk for breastfeeding!  I see it as their low tech method to get
> milk
> production up and running, vs our high tech method of using a breast
> =
> pump.
> A woman may ignore proper instructions on the timing and frequency of
> =
> use of
> the breast pump, but probably cannot ignore the masseuse and her
> verbal
> instructions that come from her previous experiences and positive =
> outcomes.
> Judy Ritchie
> 
> 
> Subject: Breast massage in China
> I am not familiar with common BF'ding practices in China.  I can add,
> though, that I often wonder about the outcomes of some of the Asian
> moms =
> I
> see at work, here in southern California...
> A good number of them still firmly believe they have NO MILK and
> insist =
> on
> bottle feeding for the first 3-4 days.=20
> ....Many do not pump, or they pump a few times, for a few minutes,
> then =
> give
> up because "nothing is there", and it confirms their belief that they
> =
> have
> no milk... =20
> 
> I have to wonder if the "need" in China for nursemaids going out to =
> homes to
> do breast massage could be eliminated by changing breastfeeding =
> practices
> during the initial postpartum days.  I do credit the Chinese
> government,
> however, in their creativity for creating both jobs and revenue.
> Carole Jernigan


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