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>Re: "baby led breast compression" --- when I went through a prolonged
>(stress'related?) period of very slow let down my daughter used to punch,
>pinch and slap the breast until the milk came down --- made me think eerily of
>Melanie Klein (good breast/bad breast infant psych) -- but it worked well,
>used to "force" let down in no time.
>

        My let down is slow too and Andrew will tug and butt my breast to
help speed up the let down. It almost reminds me of when you see a calf
nudging up on the cow's udder to get more milk.

Janine Smallman
Postpartum Doula
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