In a message dated 6/26/2005 2:24:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
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I recently  saw a premie, now a month past due date, who still hadn't =
nursed.   Of course by now the baby was convinced that breasts don't work =
and this  new mouthful of them wouldn't work any better than the old one =
did.   In the midst of getting and not getting let-downs, getting and not  =
getting milk, she began complaining, coming off the breast - sometimes  =
after just a mouthful or two - then sometimes actually *lunging* to  =
reattach, *whomp*.  She never stopped complaining, but she never  stopped =
trying.  I've seen this before, and it suddenly hit me what  I might be =
seeing.


Dear Colleagues:
   Diane, you describe this so well.
   It helps babies like this if the milk can let-down quickly, or  if the 
mother can hand-express into the baby's mouth, or if the mother  leaks.
    warmly,

 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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