Judy, I used "empty the breast" and try to qualify my words by adding
that the breast is truly never empty. I don't like this phrase, but I
don't have a better one. I'd be interested in what other people use.

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Marie Biancuzzo, RN MS                      Perinatal Nurse Consultant
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On Wed, 19 Jul 1995, Judy Holtzer Knopf wrote:

> Hi all. Question: do you people in the real world (not La-La Land as
> here) use the phrase "to empty the breast"? That is the phrase commonly
> used here in Hebrew, and it makes me cringe with the picture it connotes.
> What do you guys say in English? Maybe something can be worked out in
> Hebrew..... Thanks for your ideas! We WILL change the world! Judy K
>