I can't remember who asked about shaking the breasts before expressing milk, but here are my thoughts. When the breasts are shaken a little, blood goes towards the nipples, at the very least, stretch receptors are stimulated, and the milk is *more likely* to let down. Not guaranteed, but IME, there are no guarantees while expressing. The more serious matter is the pediatrician who disallows lactation to see "his" patients, regardless of the OB request or the *mother herself*. WHO is giving this person the authority to make statements and rules like that? I assume he is giving it to himself, inappropriately. My academic husband recently has been exploring the issues of who gives a person authority to pass down laws, give directions, take over office space, etc. and finding that issues are often more easily resolved when one searches for the "true" authority. I know it's hard in your situation, but sheesh. he has no right and no authority to undermine the mothers' needs. ===== Kate Hallberg, http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~kolina/advantages-of-formula.html Mom to Ursula (8!), Sage (5.5) and Benno (23 mos) Real life seems to have no plots. ~ Ivy Compton Burnett ~ >^,,^< __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html