Sorry I can't add any information except, Wow! I've heard several of our most respected LCs here in the USA say they have never known a baby with a cleft palate who could nurse before repair. They'd heard lots of stories, however. Perhaps this mother you speak of has a strong milk ejection, leaking milk, along with her very elastic breasts which may be well extended into the mouth and covering part of the cleft. This is amazing. Hope it continues. I had a friend whose premies simply swallowed the milk that leaked profusely from her breasts. Almost no sucking or compression was involved. Anne Grider, IBCLC Private Practice *********************************************** 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