Dear Chris, thank you for your comments. I agree with you. I don't think
this child should necessarily breastfeed on both sides...I was responding
to the concern that the doctor was expressing, which, as you say, is
probably unfounded in this case. I think the baby has it worked out, and
that if it ain't broke, why fix it?  Totally in agreement with you. The
breast compression may be the trick that helps just a bit.

Kathleen


Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 06:55:22 EST
From: Chris Mulford <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: 9 week-old and frequent feeds
Thanks to Kathy Bruce for doing the math. 4 oz of gain per week sounds
perfectly fine to me too--and it fits LLL's guidelines of 4-7 oz per week.
My concern is the assumption that the kid needs to take both sides and get
more milk. She started out dealing with oversupply, right? And she's
clearly giving the signals that small frequent feeds are more comfortable for
her. So why would we try to squeeze more volume into her?


Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet, Indep. Consultant
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