> > I see so much over active let down response that I can't believe > it. When someone calls saying their milk disappeared with there > last baby I automatically ask, among the usual repertoire of questions, if the baby would choke and gulp > when the milk let down. I first realized how big a deal this is when I was > helping a mom who wasn't able to nurse her first child as long > as she had wanted to and the second one was beginning to refuse > to nurse and her milk supply felt very low. After we finally > figured out that she had overactive letdown she proceeded to > apply the tactics suggested for the older baby in LLLs LC series > guide and she was thrilled with the results. The interesting thing about it > was that she has a brother who is a doctor in Taiwan (I think) > and she is that nationality herself. She told me that he said, > "All women lose there milk after 6 months"(or so I should have > wrote this part down). She wondered after the solution to her > problem if this wasn't why her brother sees this. She even > wondered if it might be inherent in women of her nationality > especially. Before my experience with her I only saw overactive > letdown from the standpoint of the moms comfort, that the baby > wouldn't be affected that much except for comfort too. It's > amazing how it effects the babies sucking, the milk supply, > introduction of supplements, and age of weaning. That LC series > guide has become a regular part of our LLL lending library > because invariably someone needs to check it out every month. > I prefer to have the mom read it herself since the symptoms are > so easily misinterpreted and the solution so "complex", especially > for the older baby. > Why do American women complain more of undersupply and women in > other countries complain more of oversupply? Why do women in > Utah need more prozac than women in other states? Why doen't > the perineums of American women stretch as well as those in > other countries? > > Maybe American women never have enough of anything. > > Maybe it's all in the interpretation. > > -Joyce