In a message dated 5/10/2002 9:19:20 AM Central Standard Time,
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> If just nipple stimulation increased milk production,
> then we shouldn't have FTT with those babies that are on the breast all day
> long.
>
> Good discussion here -

I agree with Jan.  This is a good discussion.  I wonder about this whole
"just nurse more often and you'll make more milk" advice that I have always
believed in myself.  This belief was recently challenged when I witnessed a
friend nurse practically around the clock and still have a no-weight-gain,
dehydrated baby at 4 wks postpartum.

She's working with an LC to resolve some issues, but my question remains:  If
nursing with correct latch frequently and for lengthy periods at each feed
doesn't produce milk, what does?  Oddly enough, she says the LC told her to
feed 20 minutes on each side and then pump each breast as part of her regimen
to improve things.  Given that direct nipple stimulation from the baby didn't
do the trick, how is the pump (especially immediately after feeding) going to
do the trick?

I'm assuming the rationale for pumping right after nursing is to stimulate
the breast to make milk, but (coming back full circle to what Jan was saying)
how do we know this is effective?

Jessica Harrison Carlyon, MBA, CD, CLE

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