Mediawatchers and lactnuts:

A colleague (thanks, Roseann!) sent me an article entitled "Management
of breast-feeding" by Shadigian, Van Bonn, and Cook in The Female
Patient, June 98, vol 23. I am not familiar with this publication, but
this article is the 2nd of a 2-part series; I have not seen the first
one. It is a positive piece encouraging prenatal bf promotion and
addressing management of common concerns. I don't have an address to
write. If anyone does, please send it to me.
There was only one part that I did not particularly like: Under
"adequate milk supply" it states, "If the milk supply is inadequate, the
physician must determine what is interfering with milk production. It is
important to review the positioning of the infant at the breast
(including an assessment of latch-on) and investigate the possibility of
inadequate maternal fluid intake as well as maternal fatique and
tension, which could interfere with let-down." p. 50
The ref for this passage is the Breastfeeding Answer Book by Mohrbacher
and Stock, 1991.
Am I being too picky? What do others think of this? It made it sound
like these are the 3 things that would likely be the culprits in
inadequate supply.

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