> As for the milk drying under stress--believe it or not we still have  a 
> huge population here that really (and I mean really) believes that.  They 
> also believe that stress can spoil the milk and make the baby  sick. I do 
> try to cover it in my myths list in breastfeeding  classes, but it is 
> deeply ingrained in a certain segment of our  population.> Marie Davis
> Moreno Valley, California

In my class on Myths and Old Wives' Tales, I point out that they arise out 
of a few people's experience, so there is usually a grain of truth in them, 
but it has been blown up, distorted and generalised.

I knew a mother whose milk "disappeared" for a day when her father died. 
She just carried on, and it "came back".  I think that under stressful 
conditions, let downs are delayed, and it seems like there is "no milk" 
because the baby is frustrated and hungry.  If moms know about this, they 
can consciously relax, get support to do so, and knowing that the milk is 
actually there will help it come.

Nan Jolly MB BCh. IBCLC. LLLL
Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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