Nancy,
Enjoyed your article.
What I have seen, working with dyads for over 30 yrs, is that babies very often flat out refuse the breasts with poor production, poor flow. Therefore, the supplementer is the only way to bf those babies whose mothers have bilateral hypoplasia or breast reduction. I have not seen many babies who will agree to nurse on a breast making very little milk. I know babies are supposed to suck for comfort, but I think they want milk. Perhaps in your experience, having one fully functional breast, your babies “knew” they were going to get milk from the one side, and agreed to suck for comfort (and later, milk) from the other side? 

Laurie Wheeler RN MN IBCLC
Beautiful Gulf Coast Mississippi, USA 

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