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>Do you wise lactnetters have any suggestions for mothers nursing twins when
>there is an oversupply problem? Usual interventions of sticking to one
>side for several hours are obviously a bit difficult to follow in this
>situation.
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>Problem with one mother developed, initially, I believe, when she was
>pumping enthusiastically for her preemie twins. C-section birth was 2/17/97
>at 34 weeks' gestation. Now both babies are home, fully breastfed, and
>mother is no longer pumping at all for past month. She has continued to
>have an abundant milk supply. Babies are growing nicely. Very gassy, want
>to nurse every 1 1/2 hour
>for past 2 weeks. Stools are not green or loose, and in fact, one of the
>babies has stool only every 6 days or so. Positioning and latch-on are
>good. Usually nurses in "football" (clutch) hold using nursing pillow.
Anne,
I'm a bit confused here. Other than the gassiness, what are the signs of
oversupply?
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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia. mailto:[log in to unmask]
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