On Wed, 9 Apr 1997 12:43:45 -0400, Dia L. Michels wrote:
>I've always been intriqued by the knowledge that no pump can extract
>breastmilk as effectively as a baby.  I wonder if there is any way to analyse
>the differences in the pumping mechanisms of machinery vs. the human jaw.

While a good engineer could come close to duplicating the action of a babies
mouth, suck, and tongue, there's no way to make a pump lovable.  Until we
can make a mom _feel_ like she has her baby on her breast, we won't have
the letdown a baby gets.

Jonathan
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