--- Automatic digest processor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There are 7 messages totalling 409 lines in this > issue. > > Topics in this special issue: > > 1. breast cancer and bf > 2. fortifier in Norway, correction! > 3. Some engorgement theories (2) > 4. introducing the bottle/"bonding" > 5. return to birthweight (sort of a rant :-) > 6. smokers co-sleeping once more: found the > articles > > Lactnet Archives are at: > LACTNET Archives > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/lactnet.html > To Manage your Subscription, ie go nomail, index, > etc, go to: > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/lactnet.html > > Thanks- Kathleen Bruce, Kathy Koch, Rachel Myr, > Melissa Vickers, Karen Zeretzke, LACTNET > Facilitators > > Questions to [log in to unmask] > > > *********************************************** > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:47:25 -0600 > From: Janice Reynolds <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: breast cancer and bf > > I believe that INFACT Canada was visited by a > representative of the Canadian Cancer Society this > year, in order to gather information to prepare some > Fact Sheets about breastfeeding and breast cancer. > You could contact them about that. > > Locally, our provincial committee has discussed > bfing with our local Breast Cancer Action Committee > (survivors group) and have made plans to display at > their Fun Run in Oct. I have emailed them a few > copies of studies from my files - nothing too > organized or packaged for them though. I would be > interested in assisting with this, and this has been > discussed amongst bfing moms on various on-line > lists, numerous times. If a package were prepared, > I think we could find many moms to help hand out > packages locally (a press package for October > Breastfeeding Month?) > > Janice Reynolds > Moms For Milk Breastfeeding Network > > > *********************************************** > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:39:24 +0100 > From: Rachel Myr <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: fortifier in Norway, correction! > > Hello again, > I had the numbers wrong; the babies who get > fortifier here are those less > than 1500 g at birth, not 1200 g and it is given > until the baby is 1800-2000 > g depending on the hospital. The fortifier consists > of protein and > phosphorus and calcium, and some other components I > don't have available. > According to my colleague Anna-Pia Häggkvist it is > regarded almost as a > problem that Scandinavian mothers are so good at > breastfeeding their > premature babies, because once the baby starts > taking most feeds at the > breast it is hard to get the fortifier into them. > She suggests, if mother > has abundant supply, pumping and giving extra cream > to the baby just for the > calories. > Sorry for the incorrect lower weight limit in my > previous post on this. > Rachel Myr > > > *********************************************** > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:13:08 -0500 > From: "Kermaline J. Cotterman" > <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Some engorgement theories > > Ann writes: > > <This is just my theory based on observation and > some on the science of > how > our lymphatic system works. Women with smaller > breast are more likely to > exhibit more noticeable primary engorgement than > women with very large > breast. The smaller breast has less adipose tissue > and the milk glands > are > closer to the surface, therefore there is less > tissue space to expand > with > the filling from the lymphatic system.> > > I do remember empirical advice I gave to small > breasted moms in my > prenatal BrF class teaching days. I emphasized that > they would be wise to > feed early and massage from the chest wall forward > early and frequently, > before and between feedings, to help keep the milk > moving forward so it > wouldn't crowd the back of the breast where more > milk was being made. > > That's long before I began to read extensively about > the embryology and > anatomy of the breast. So I must have been in > agreement with you then. > Now, I am seeing it in a different way. > > One source describes the breast as a "cutaneous > envelope" (an envelope > of skin) containing different kinds and amounts of > tissue at different > times in life. It changes during each menstrual > cycle. There is sometimes > edema in the connective during one part of the > cycle, at least in younger > women. This may be cakÄFÍg the skin to expand slowly > as the breast > develops. > > I also read that that is one of the primary reasons > for fat tissue in > breasts-to "hold the space", and maintain the > architecture in the growing > gland, so that during pregnancy, the fat can be > metabolically taken out > of the breast as the glandular tissue grows. In one > study, at term, the > glandular tissue had grown to occupy >70% of the > space, while the amount > of connective tissue (including fat cells) was > reduced to <30%. > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ 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