Pat, you wrote: <Egads! Did you read the info on the site? I'll quote, but you may barf!!!!!!!! > http://www.galtak.com/breastfeed.htm "In preparation for feeding it is recommended that any milk remaining in the breast be removed. (Any milk expressed during the process should be discarded.) Now I'm sure everyone of you did that before EVERY feeding and encourage moms to do it now - AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH Come on Jack, this is a Canadian Co. Do you have to deal with this sort of garbage all the time? > Once again, I think the confusion is due to idiom and communication mix-up in English as a second language, and error on the website. I tried to point this out to the gentleman and offer to help, but he never replied. I guess he figures he's doing all right without help. (I have no commercial interest in this site or porduct.) Two separate items are shown, although he doesn't have the price noted for the second. (The first item is the nipple puller I have been talking about.) There are also two separate descriptions, one for each item. The description you quoted is for the second item which is apparently a small breastpump that is not for the collection of milk, which, no doubt due to the rubber bulb and difficulty in cleaning and sterilization, he correctly advises not to save. As I try to decipher it, since he says "in preparation for feeding. . . . .", it may be intended to soften up the front of the breast before latch, but this just doesn't jibe with his explanation in the next phrase. I think he really meant to say "AFTER a feeding, it is recommended that any milk remaining in the breast be removed," which has long been touted (Dr. Waller and colleagues in Britain in the '40's) as a way to keep milk production up (thorough removal driving supply a la Dr. Hartmann.) Unfortunately, this would accomplish that goal at the expense of removing hind milk and discarding it! Sounds to me like a salesman who has only a surface understanding of the physiology, perhaps trying to remember and interpret what he has heard from someone in the home company in another language and culture. I just ignored most of the other products on the site and bought the one item I found novel, effective, inexpensive and simple to use. Can some lactation professional in Canada have better success in helping him see the light? At least in helping the incorrect info and wording get changed, despite the questionable value of some of the breastfeeding products. (Lots of that goin' round in the U.S. too!) Jean ***************** K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC Dayton, Ohio USA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html