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Subject:
brushing breast before expressing
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Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:22:46 -0500
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"Are there any studies showing higher milk yields if the mother brushes =20
or combs the skin over her breasts before expressing?  This advice has =20
always intrigued me because I can't figure out what part of a typical =20
feed it is meant to mimic."

What about the baby massaging the breast with his hands and body as he works his way to breast?

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY  USA
www.wiessinger.baka.com




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