Hello, All: I've worked with several moms over the years with one involuted breast, all of whom successfully nursed babies well over a year on essentially one breast. As Renee so succinctly put it, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". We were never able to discover why in each of these mothers they were not producing milk in one breast. One mom in particular, was very concerned about being "even" and struggled (and fought) with her baby for 7 months before she finally gave in and accepted that she was destined to be lop-sided. Her baby grew beautifully on that one breast and they went on to happily nurse for 18 months. I have always been very careful about pushing pumping and other technology on mothers in these types of situations. I feel pumping contributes to her feelings of failure as well as fosters obsession about how much milk she is getting (or not). As long as baby is growing/developing normally, I encourage the mother to enjoy the particular nursing relationship she and her baby have developed. Who cares if it's different than what the books say or what other mothers experience? 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