> Chris Hafner-Eaton wrote:
> I remember thinking that 10 minutes was a
> ridiculously short time when Jack first posted this (or maybe I heard him
> say it at a conference).  However, once I regularly started applying his
> breast compression techniques with a large number of moms, I realized it
> does apply to healthy, full term babies without any of the aforementioned
> issues.

I agree that for a healthy full term baby that likes a straight forward
no-nonsense meal 10 minutes will do. But I shiver by the idea that *the everage*
hcp will hear this 10 minute recommendation, for I foresee all kinds of troubles
with lactation failure due to insufficient emptying of the breast.

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, Maaseik, Belgium
http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac
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