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>>A mother told me not so long ago that her health visitor told her
>>breastmilk 'turns to water' after 6 months.
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>>Maybe that doctor thinks the same.
>>
>
>This reminds me of a mother who came to a LLL meeting and said her doctor
>had told her not to allow nursing at the empty breast because the baby would
>just swallow AIR.
>
>Air? If breasts were full of air we wouldn't need bras. And we could scuba
dive without equipment.


!!!!!

The idea that sucking on the breast 'when it's empty' is a Very Bad
Thing because it gives the baby 'wind' is a very, very common myth in
the UK - I hear it several times a year.

I think it may be as great a sin as that Very Bad Thing, 'just
sucking for comfort'. <TIC>

Heather Welford Neil

NCT bfc, UK

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