Lactagol

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So far as I can tell, cottonseed of any variety does not promote breast milk production. Flaxseed however is another thing.

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Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 13, 2018
Category: Body | Pregnancy | Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil | Babies and Toddlers | Nineteenth Century

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I suspect the reason that the end date was 1955 is that breastfeeding fell out of favor, not that this stuff did or didn't work. I'm a baby boomer and my mother said that people thought she was a barbarian when she insisted on breastfeeding.

Posted by ges on 09/13/18 at 05:09 PM

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