Here' what you wrote:
"I'm a bit reluctant to use softening of the breast,
because it implies there has to be fullness/firmness before we can bf,"

You bring up a good point! For a minute there, I was thinking that this
might be a better description than"emptying the breast but you are right!

I love all of the analogies that everyone has presented but I rarely have
the luxury of a sentence or two or three to describe this. I'm more and
more convinced that there is no word that adequately, accurately
describes this thing we know as "emptying the breast."

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Marie Biancuzzo, RN MS                      Perinatal Nurse Consultant
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