Possums Breastfeeding & Lactation (PBL) FOUNDATIONS

How babies breastfeed 1. Short animation; 2. Video + animation

The mechanical effects of nipple + breast tissue drag on breastfeeding

Mechanical pressures are the engine room of breastfeeding and lactation

What causes your breast to become inflamed when you're lactating?

Why your letdowns help prevent or heal inflammation when you're lactating

PBL INTERMEDIATE

The mechanical effects of nipple + breast tissue drag on breastfeeding

Your nipple skin knows how to adapt to the mechanical pressures of breastfeeding (or pumping)

What causes nipple pain when you're breastfeeding or lactating and there's no visible break in the skin (though there may be redness and swelling)?

What causes visible nipple damage (cracks, ulcers, bruising, or other wounds) when you're breastfeeding or lactating?

PBL ADVANCED

Mechanobiology: a frontier science which explores the effects of mechanical pressures on living tissues

The difference between biomechanics and mechanobiology in breastfeeding and lactation

Knowledge of mechanobiology is essential for clinical management of breastfeeding and lactation-related problems

Ultrasound and vacuum studies elucidate the biomechanics of the infant suck cycle in breastfeeding

Intra-oral ultrasound and vacuum studies of breastfeeding infants support the mechanobiological model of lactation-related nipple pain and damage

An ultrasound study demonstrates how the biomechanics of infant suck change after a gestalt intervention

The Watson Genna et al 2021 study of the biomechanics of infant suck in breastfeeding has serious limitations

NDC mechanobiological model: hydrostatic stretching and compression acts as a mechanical Feedback Inhibitor of Lactation, downregulating breastmilk secretion

Clinical inflammation of the stroma of the lactating breast: NDC mechanobiological model

Milk ejection causes asynchronous ripples of pressure change throughout the breast stroma

Skin adapts to protect against mechanical forces