LOL I know you appreciate this Liz but I also know that very many do not....drives me nuts! Karleen Gribble Australia On 26/05/2015, at 5:29 AM, Elizabeth Brooks wrote: > Touche. Actual-in-fact insufficient glandular tissue (IGT) is a "subset" > of true insufficient milk supply. My thoughts about how to talk to > families about potential "IGT" problems assumed we were in the immediate > post-partum period, and the significant marker at play was breasts with > apparent (as in: apparent to the IBCLC's eyeballs) hypoplasia. So much is > as-yet unknown in those first few days, and so much can contribute to BFg > that is suboptimal. > > I full-on appreciate that not all hypoplasia-looking-breasts are IGT ... > and not all all IGT involves hypoplasia. Of course, an honest-to-goodness > "diagnosis" of IGT is beyond the scope of practice of an IBCLC...and the > diagnosis is not all that easy in the making by a skilled clinician who > does diagnose. > > I am now gonna duck behind my shield: Diana Cassar-Uhl's excellent > reference "Finding Sufficiency," which I was remiss in not earlier > mentioning, in case I've again chosen my words poorly. > > -- > Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC, FILCA > > *********************************************** > > Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html > To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] > Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] > COMMANDS: > 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail > 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail > 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome