Laurie comments about this "variation on breast compression" that

<< Anyway, pressing near armpit OR squeezing nearer the areola would
 each work. I was just wondering if anyone used the press near the armpit
 advice? >>

Speaking personally/anecdotally for a minute, I found when bf my first two
kids that the sinuses up near the armpit did not drain as well as those lower
down, and so I spontaneously came up with basically exactly what that
midwifery newsletter described to help them drain.  But it was not in concern
for how much the baby was getting -- she was always allowed to stop when she
wanted to come off, after all -- but rather out of concern for avoiding
engorgement up there in the tail of the breast, to which I was prone right up
until weaning if that breaast was very full.

So that may be another way to think about when & whether this "variation" is
appropriate to use.

Elisheva

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