Hi Laurie,
When I had my twins 4 1/2 years ago, this came up for me as well - I had
babies with extremely different appetites - one ate short frequent small
meals and one ate long large meals. If I switched breasts then one got
foremilk overload, and the other was no where near satisfied. After much
reading of the archives here and Karen Kerkhoff's book, I chose to
assign a breast to each baby and rotate positions on that breast -
cradle hold one feed, football/clutch the next, etc. This worked very
well for addressing their individual feeding styles and as best as I can
figure gave the same outcomes as switching sides.
Joan
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Halifax NS Canada
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-----Original Message-----
From: laurie wheeler [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:15 PM
Subject: question re twins on one breast each
Hi lactnuts
A few weeks ago, a grandpa of twins, upon hearing I was an LC, asked me
an interesting question. He shared that his daughter had twins and was
advised by the hospital LC to keep each one on their own breast so that
they would get the right supply to meet their demand. One would not get
too little or too much (imbalance?). He asked my opinion and I said I
thought I had learned it might be better to rotate them so the babies
get the eye development benefits and that each breast gets emptied well
in case one was a more vigourous nurser and the other wasn't. Would
there be any reason to keep them on only one breast? Today, weeks later,
he tells me mom's kept it one for one and it is going beautifully.
Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN
Violet Louisiana, s.e. USA
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