I wonder if anyone out there has come across a woman whose breasts were lanced
when she was a baby.  If the baby had what is known as 'witches milk',  and an
over-enthusiastic (misguided) doctor or midwife lanced the baby's breasts .....
what would be the consequences for the baby as an adult woman trying to
breastfeed?

In the case I saw the woman appeared to be unable to produce enough milk in two
lactations.  She had a lot of support, perhpas esp. second time.  There appeared
to be a family history of 'witches milk'.  I wonder whether the lancing was
connected - part of me says that so much development of the breast is still to
come, but I wonder.  Was lancing common practice at one time?  I can find no
references to it in UK .

TIA

Mary Broadfoot, Paisley, Scotland
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