Hi, All: Regarding the comments made re: hands-free pumping with the subsequent inability to massage/compress the breasts during milk expression. Ahh...therein lies the beauty of hand expression. Mom can massasge, compress, knead, and "milk" the nipples as she "pumps" to maximize her output. Is this maybe why many babies knead and massasge mom's breast during nursing? To stimulate letdowns? And when you watch kittens and puppies nurse, they are almost constantly kneading. Goats, calves, lambs, or any other mammal for that matter, who stand while nursing periodically butt the mother. Maybe this act is a form of massage/compression to facilitate let-down? Just some early morning musings... Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC Clinical Lead, Lactation Services Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL USA *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html