>>A mother told me not so long ago that her health visitor told her >>breastmilk 'turns to water' after 6 months. >> >>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 *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html