Barbara L. wrote:

<Physiologically, and in light of Jean Cotterman's posts which always get
me
thinking, I wonder if moms whose breasts are "lean", don't have alot of
fatty
tissue surrounding ducts, would be more prone to outside forces-trauma,
sleep
position-affecting ductal structure?  Jean, any thoughts?>

Thanks for the compliment Barbara, but it is too vast a subject for me to
speculate. Not only anatomy but chemical qualities of milk, state of
hydration and nutrition, clothing factors, positional factors, etc. etc.

For aeons, women of all body types and sizes, different clothing styles
or lack of same, all manner of heavy labor conditions, and even abusive
relationships, have surrounded the human breast.

I, for one, always felt a body image of wanting to be protective of my
breasts. But it got sort of like the body image of my belly button at 8
1/2 months pregnant - an "appendage" that had a space of its own and
frequently brushed against things I thought I was far enough away from!
One can't always be conscious of how close things impinge on that space
in close quarters!

I wonder if the multitude of bra styles in our culture might often be a
part of the problem more that a part of a solution?

Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, Ohio USA

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