Catherine, thanks...good info. I kept it for my files. Thanks!

Kathleen


>        Human babies use mainly compression to extract milk from the breast,
>they use negative pressure mainly to keep the teat (nipple and areola) in
>their mouths.
>Hope this clarifies the pressure issue.
>Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC
>

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Kathleen B. Bruce RN, BSN, IBCLC (email = [log in to unmask])
"All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is
violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Schoepenhouer
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