This discussion hit home.  With dear son -- child number 3, I had NO  MILK 
on the left side.  I had breastfed two daughters successfully with  minor 
problems.  When Tim came along, there were all the usual breast  changes (I've 
never been a stellar producer), but I didn't make any milk on the  left 
side.  We could never figure it out.  Now I did have problems  with him 
latching to start with, and he was never a great nurser (he's the one  that made me 
into a lactation consultant, after all), but I started pumping PDQ  with a 
classic....the most I could ever get on the left side was 3 cc.  One  time.  
Other than that it was drops.  I'd put him on that side  faithfully first 
each time, would pump longer and more often on that side (this  is before the 
days of double pumping) and nothing.  The most I ever got  (when I got back 
to work) on the right side was nearly 3 ounces/pumping.  
 
I remember the first breastfeeding conference I ever attended was in  
downtown Chicago (this is just before ILCA and IBLCE were born) and talking to  
Audrey Naylor about why I couldn't get any milk out of the left side.  She  
didn't have a clue.  No one else did either.  I finally gave up  prodding it 
along after about 7 months and went to just right sided  nursing.  All 
mammos have been normal, there is no difference in size or  shape of the breast.  
Only thing is I did have mastitis (not horribly) on  the left side with dd2 
which decreased the supply significantly on that side  when I was nursing 
her, but I still had enough to nurse her exclusively even  after that.  Tim 
was born 6 years after dd2....
 
So -- there still are mysteries out there....
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA whose breasts became senile a long time  
ago.  Isn't that a horrid thing to say about breasts?  Perhaps instead  of 
senile breasts, we should call them "decorative" when they are no longer  
functional.

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