Funnily enough, I was just reading a report from one of the Mums on the 
cross-nursing item last week, that other cross-nursers had got in touch 
with.

Including the tale of a Mum who was severely engorged, and who used a 
friend's toddler to deal with it, whilst the friend fed the newborn who 
was having latch problems, and as a more experienced nurser, she 
'taught' the newborn to latch well.  Within a few of days, newborn was 
successfully feeding from Mum, and toddler was no longer needed to deal 
with engorgement.

Can't help thinking before pumps, toddlers were very useful to deal with 
engorgement!  :-)

Morgan Gallagher

Rachel Myr wrote:
> She has found
> that complete drainage of both breasts with a pump followed by breastfeeding
> several hours on one side only, before switching sides and giving the first
> breast a break from stimulation, is quite effective in reducing post partum
> engorgement.


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