Hi, all and Happy New Year!

I don't have any further suggestions for the mom Janna's working with
who has an overabundant supply and is slowly weaning. But I would like
to ask fellow Lactnetters their opinion of breast binding as a method of
"preventing engorgement" and/or assisting weaning. Some OB's here still
recommend this method. Do any of you see aftereffects of this such as
plugged ducts or subsequent mastitis?  Also, doesn't all the
binding/unbinding[add cabbage leaves]/rebinding constitute too much
stimulation of the breast tissue and actually produce more milk? What if
we just left the breasts alone as much as possible?

Just musing.

Jean Macomber, RN, IBCLC
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

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