you’re reading...   How can chiropractic, acupuncture, cranio-
sacral help with breastfeeding?  acupuncture chiropractic
cranio-sacral breastfeedingWe’re very pleased to share an
interview with Nikki Lee, author of Complementary and
Alternative Medicine in Breastfeeding Therapy.*   She is a
lactation consultant with over 35 years of experience working
with new mothers and babies.  Nikki’s book explores the use of a
variety of complementary and alternative therapies to solve
breastfeeding problems.  We asked her to explain how several of
them can support breastfeeding, as well as to explain her
observations of a “cathartic triad of behaviors” in babies
returning to the breast after a period of refusal.   You say
that acupuncture and chiropractic can be helpful in solving
breastfeeding problems.  Can you describe ways in which each
practice can help nursing mothers?  Acupuncture is an art and
science that is 5,000 years old. Acupuncture uses a fine needle
to stimulate particular points on meridians, pathways of