Jodine asks, > I remember reading or hearing some time ago about the volume of milk > transfer in the first minute of a feed. > > Can anyone help me with this? A colleague in my PR world is looking for > examples of things that happen in one minute, and I'd like to forward this > one. > Now, is that the first minute after the MER? The first minute the baby is suckling? The first minute of a baby with a very active, strong suck? The first minute of a baby with a very subtle, but effective suck? The first minute of a baby who has a disorganized suck? The first minute of the baby's first nursing? The first minute of the baby who is 3 days old? The first minute of the baby who is a month old? The first minute of a baby who is 6 months old? The first minute after a mom that has an overactive letdown? The first minute of a mom that has insufficient glandular tissue? The first minute on the second side? The first minute of a mom w/ oversupply? The first minute of a baby doing nutritive -- or non nutritive suckling? The first minute in which the baby suckles nutritively for a full minute, or the first minute in which he takes ten good sucks, rests, and takes 10 good more sucks? How long does that first minute last? Is it a football minute? How long is that minute? 60 seconds? Or two minutes? Which first minute???? I think this is where we've gotten into lots and lots of problems -- assuming that all mothers deliver (and all babies request) the same amount of milk in the same time. I suspect if you read that there is something like that somewhere, it wasn't evidence based..... Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, RLC Lactation Education Consultants www.lactationeducationconsultants.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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