>Okay, Linda R., here's mine: when teaching manual expression of breast milk, >I have the mother make a loose fist to simulate her breast, then I 'express >milk' from her fist, pressing back, then rolling the fingers and thumb toward >each other and the 'areola', pointing out that my fingers are not rubbing over >the skin, but rather pushing the skin forward. Since the skin on the hand is >loose like the skin of the breast, this works well. Using their hand gives >them kinesthetic as well as visual stimuli, and no one is embarrassed. They >then try it on their real breast. >Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC > Fascinating idea! Which part of the fist is the areola. I've just spent five minutes trying to 'express' my fist and I haven't found the areola yet! Linda Pohl, IBCLC Phoenix, Arizona USA [log in to unmask]