At 7:45 AM -0500 2/11/08, Susan Burger wrote:
>  Now, I know their are the "norms" but I am thinking that what many
>of us perceive as "oversupply" is really a situation where the baby 
>could have done it if
>mom had allowed the baby to feed frequently without too much rushing from the
>beginning.  No, I don't think this would cure all ills, but I do 
>think we'd see less of these
>problem babies.
>

Susan, you always make me think!

I would like to mention again that I do see oversupply not 
infrequently among mothers in LLL (virtually all doing unrestricted 
breastfeeding).  I can think of five women off the top of my head who 
had raging oversupply despite breastfeeding early and often and 
completely on cue from the beginning.  Several of them had 
homebirths, so particularly in those cases I know that mother & baby 
were together uninterrupted from the first minute.  These women were 
definitely practicing ecological breastfeeding.

I completely agree that asynchrony is a big factor for breastfeeding 
problems of many kinds.  However, oversupply still happens even with 
optimal breastfeeding conditions & management.

Margaret
Longmont, CO

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