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Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 20 Apr 1998 23:55:22 -0500
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>I had a mother who is breastfeeding her 2 day old
> infant. she stated that she would probably start giving ABM by 4th day
> because of "panic" attacks that start when "my milk comes in". With
> previous infant, on the 4th day, she experienced a let-down and it made
> her"feet have to get up and go".

Is it too simplistic to teach this mom how to walk and nurse (preferably
one-handed) at the same time, and *let* her get up and go?  Maybe if she
could walk, cook, dust, whatever, while she was nursing, she could work
thru these early hormonal glitches that some of us seem prone to?

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY

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