Hi, Judy--
I agree with your assessment of overriding anxiety. Sounds to me like she
has multiple let-downs, with the usual calm in between, and is
mis-interpreting what is going on. My mom exhibits multiple let-downs
during her feeds, and when I began to observe this, I reckoned to myself
that since this one breast is working "double-time", she would need to
have MER's more closely spaced than your average, bilateral nursing
mother. The "fall asleep" quite likely is just that the milk flow
subsides; how much do you want to bet that she was expecting a constant
rate of flow during a nursing session, rather than the ebb and flow that
is more characteristic?
-Lisa

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Lisa A. Marasco, IBCLC                                /  [log in to unmask]
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant    /  [log in to unmask]

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