From a recent consultation: mother and father and older brother come to clinic with new baby. Mother's only complaint is painful feeds. Her right breast is engorged and reddened, with a sore, abraded nipple, but no fever, and milk flows readily on application of RPS followed by latching baby asymmetrically, followed again by pumping twice the volume the baby got (he was test weighed to demonstrate to mother that he was in fact transferring milk - she had thought he needed supplementation because he has been fussy after feeds on that breast, but he took an ounce and a half despite not being really hungry on arrival). They are from Iraq, but both children were born in Norway. I asked whether she had this problem last time - yes, and it never resolved. They had tried to get help, but none of the docs or health visitors they saw had any suggestions for how to make the pain stop, so she just kept on. I asked to make sure, did it persist throughout the entire breastfeeding period? Yes, the entire TWO YEARS of it! I think she appreciated this consultation; actually I think the father appreciated it nearly as much. Especially the photos of how to encourage asymmetric latch, from the UK National Health Service pamphlet, which I can no longer imagine living without. Rachel Myr Kristiansand, Norway *********************************************** 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