My first baby who was hospital born with the very first push after an
episiotomy, was taken away and not brought back within the 4-hour
window Doris Haire speaks of in her "The Cultural Warping of
Childbirth."

She came home with me very sleepy the next day, (probably had been given
water) and seemed uninterested at the breast though she only lost 6 oz.
from birth weight.  At day ten she suddenly awoke (almost from a coma),
couldn't seem to get enough milk to suit her, had colic and gained
great.  She worked so hard her head was a mass of sweat plastered down
curls.  She is my intense one even now at 26.

The second who was born at home (6 weeks after her older sister weaned
herself and being born possibly 6 weeks late) had milk from the moment
of birth.  I never felt engorged and she was immediately satisfied.  But
I still felt the same strong sensation like an internal waterfall from
my collarbones down.

This one would trigger the letdown (layman's terms), pull away, grin up
at
me with at me with an open mouthful of milk, let the fastest part of the
flow just drip away and drench the beach towel I had learned to cover
myself with.  Then she'd dig in to take the rest with gusto.  She
managed my supply herself and gained great.  She has always done things
in life the easy way and still does.
Judy Ritchie

PS:  Has anyone had a nursling like my second?  This was her modus
operendi under she could cope with the flow.

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