Hi Kelly, I've only just read your post, and I really dont know much about this subject, but I can tell you there is definitely information out there about it, and it is a real condition. I'm a first year Bmid student, and last semester in a lecture with a lactation consultant from the RHW Randwick (if you wanted to contact someone who really knows about it), this issue was discussed in some detail. It was only a short lecture and I dont have notes for it, but what I can recall is this: information and understanding about how the breasts work and produce milk is still being understood, in fact our understanding of the anatomy of the breast has recently been challanged! Lactation consultants would have the best and most up to date knowledge of this stuff, as it's their area of expertise if you like. Anyway, it was discussed that breasts of a particular shape are possibly anatomically different to others, in that the tissue inside the breasts which actually produces the milk concentrates in the area around the nipple, and does not extend very far back into the breast. In normal breast development, regardless of the size of the breast, the tissue extends right up to the armpit. We were shown photo's of breasts which possibly have this type of tissue development, and the features of them were: tubular in shape (whether small or large in size) and with a clear sort of seperation across the sternum, if that makes sense. There is a marked space between each breast. In many of the pictures it was possible to see that most of the fullness of the breast was around the nipple area. This is not to alarm anyone who has breasts of this shape who may be reading this, or to offend anyone by my dispassionate desription of breasts! This is all I can remember really, and this infrormation was given to us as future midwives as something to look out for, but obviously we would refer to a lactation consultent if there was a problem. Maybe this is new information , and the midwives involved with this woman were unaware?? Anyway, I hope this helps, Regards, Astra
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