Penny says:

<<Her let-down is quite  aggressive and as I mentioned continues with this
force throughout the  feeding.  Eliminating the first few minutes, through
either hand expression  or pumping, has not been helpful to her.  Poor guy... gulps
the entire  feeding without ceasing, except when he is biting her.  Thanks,
Michelle,  for the suggestion!>>


I wonder if it would help if she  would hold her breast in the scissors hold
and compress it just behind the  areola to squish the ducts a bit.  This might
accomplish the same thing as  the baby's bite does, but a lot less painfully.
 She can gently let up a  bit during the feed, seeing how the baby does.
When Donna Ramsay did the  ultrasound of the MER during a feed she showed that it
doesn't take much  pressure to compress the ducts themselves.  Perhaps if mom
does it, it  might help.  At this point, I don't think I'd be terribly
concerned about  plugged ducts.....

Might be worth a try....

Jan Barger, RN, MA,  IBCLC
Wheaton IL


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