Pat states: One thing that I have found interesting is that all of my clients who had BR surgery had plenty of colostrum, satisfying their babies to good weight gain, only to find that the mature milk flow was inadequate to nourish their babies. This delayed failure seems to be a greater loss to them than if they had not had a promising beginning. I wonder if the problem in these cases is disruption of the innervation to the nipple. The hormone shifts that occur with removal of the placenta may have been enough to supply "plenty of colostrum" but if there is disruption to the innervation of the nipple, then there is not that stimulation to keep the supply adequate once the initial hormone change has subsided. Winnie *********************************************** 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