Hi Holly and everyone, I originally posted about a friends breasts shrinking. She just wanted to know why this was happening. She was worried that something was medically wrong with her. Neither she nor I asked how to counteract it. It turns out that she was drinking some kind of tea instead of water, that acts as a diuretic. She became sick from dehydration. She told me a few days ago that since she stopped the tea and started chugging water she feels her breasts are re-inflating. And yes she is happy to have her rounder larger breasts back, for one thing, it makes her stomach look flatter. Its hard to ignore fashion all together. Thank you to everyone who replied, All the best, Chayn Fogelman IBCLC Israel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holly McSpadden" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 8:49 PM Subject: Shrinking Breasts If breasts are first and foremost for feeding babies, and viewing them as something else, according to Kathryn Detwyller is a culturally engrained phenomenon, and, in a culture where the sexualization of breasts makes breastfeeding very difficult for many mothers, why would lactation consultants promote something to counteract breast shrinkage unless I misunderstood and the mother thinks that it might inhibit lactation? Respectfully, Holly McSpadden IBCLC *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]