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incH in different lyings-in, from which she recov- 

 ers equally as well. You will also look much 

 to the improper use of hanclai^es, for much mis- 

 chief is often done hy hindin;; the helly too tight: 

 if thf re he any occasion at all for support, a thiu 

 napkin pined very slightl y round the waist, is 

 all that is ahsoluteiy necessary, and the sooner 

 ibis is taken off the better. You will also ob-^ 

 serve, that but little change takes place in th© 

 breast.-, after the first montlis of pregnancy, until 

 the second day after delivery; then it is usual to 

 feel a great sensation of fullness in them, which 

 varies in different women according to constitu- 

 tion and maua«;enient. The child should always 



be put to the breast early, before the milk can 

 have stagnated in them, ar they can haveacquir-; 

 ed any great degree of hardness. It will also 

 be beneficial both, to the mother and child, if 

 this be done a few hours after delivery, for this 

 is the most consistent with the operations of na- 

 ture. If the woman do not suckle her child, 

 (which is sometimes the case in large cities a- 

 mong the rich, and more unnatural part of the 

 cnrnmunity, in this respect at least.) no method 

 should he used,, either, tp repell the njilk, or in- 

 vite it into the breasts. Nature w ill be certaiu 

 to do her part, f<»r she is soon rpade sensible, 

 that the blood determined to them is not wanted, 

 and therefore, there will be but little further ef- 

 fort madeoQ her part to continue it^ consequcDt- 



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