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>   1. breast cancer and bf
>   2. fortifier in Norway, correction!
>   3. Some engorgement theories (2)
>   4. introducing the bottle/"bonding"
>   5. return to birthweight (sort of a rant :-)
>   6. smokers co-sleeping once more: found the
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> Date:    Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:47:25 -0600
> From:    Janice Reynolds <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: breast cancer and bf
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> I believe that INFACT Canada was visited by a
> representative of the Canadian Cancer Society this
> year, in order to gather information to prepare some
> Fact Sheets about breastfeeding and breast cancer.
> You could contact them about that.
>
> Locally, our provincial committee has discussed
> bfing with our local Breast Cancer Action Committee
> (survivors group) and have made plans to display at
> their Fun Run in Oct.  I have emailed them a few
> copies of studies from my files - nothing too
> organized or packaged for them though.  I would be
> interested in assisting with this, and this has been
> discussed amongst bfing moms on various on-line
> lists, numerous times.  If a package were prepared,
> I think we could find many moms to help hand out
> packages locally (a press package for October
> Breastfeeding Month?)
>
> Janice Reynolds
> Moms For Milk Breastfeeding Network
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> Date:    Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:39:24 +0100
> From:    Rachel Myr <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: fortifier in Norway, correction!
>
> Hello again,
> I had the numbers wrong; the babies who get
> fortifier here are those less
> than 1500 g at birth, not 1200 g and it is given
> until the baby is 1800-2000
> g depending on the hospital.  The fortifier consists
> of protein and
> phosphorus and calcium, and some other components I
> don't have available.
> According to my colleague Anna-Pia Häggkvist it is
> regarded almost as a
> problem that Scandinavian mothers are so good at
> breastfeeding their
> premature babies, because once the baby starts
> taking most feeds at the
> breast it is hard to get the fortifier into them.
> She suggests, if mother
> has abundant supply, pumping and giving extra cream
> to the baby just for the
> calories.
> Sorry for the incorrect lower weight limit in my
> previous post on this.
> Rachel Myr
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> Date:    Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:13:08 -0500
> From:    "Kermaline J. Cotterman"
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> Subject: Some engorgement theories
>
> Ann writes:
>
> <This is just my theory based on observation and
> some on the science of
> how
> our lymphatic system works.  Women with smaller
> breast are more likely to
> exhibit more noticeable primary engorgement than
> women with very large
> breast.  The smaller breast has less adipose tissue
> and the milk glands
> are
> closer to the surface, therefore there is less
> tissue space to expand
> with
> the filling from the lymphatic system.>
>
> I do remember empirical advice I gave to small
> breasted moms in my
> prenatal BrF class teaching days. I emphasized that
> they would be wise to
> feed early and massage from the chest wall forward
> early and frequently,
> before and between feedings, to help keep the milk
> moving forward so it
> wouldn't crowd the back of the breast where more
> milk was being made.
>
> That's long before I began to read extensively about
> the embryology and
> anatomy of the breast. So I must have been in
> agreement with you then.
> Now, I am seeing it in a different way.
>
> One source describes the breast as a "cutaneous
> envelope" (an envelope
> of skin) containing different  kinds and amounts of
> tissue at different
> times in life. It changes during each menstrual
> cycle. There is sometimes
> edema in the connective during one part of the
> cycle, at least in younger
> women. This may be cakÄFÍg the skin to expand slowly
> as the breast
> develops.
>
> I also read that that is one of the primary reasons
> for fat tissue in
> breasts-to "hold the space", and maintain the
> architecture in the growing
> gland, so that during pregnancy, the fat can be
> metabolically taken out
> of the breast as the glandular tissue grows. In one
> study, at term, the
> glandular tissue had grown to occupy >70% of the
> space, while the amount
> of connective tissue (including fat cells) was
> reduced to <30%.
>
>
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