I don't know what I think about your theory. I do think some breast feeding 
success is atitutude. So if nursing is considered a norm, you will treat it 
as such. Women from non-US countries(Europe, S. America and Africa).  seem 
to naturally position better. They put baby to the breast when he's hungry. 
They don't worry that they won't get milk, they just do what women do. A lot 
of women where I work give their babies formula a lot. They also send the 
baby to the nursery for the night. How will you build a supply if you don't 
stimulate the breast? So if you're mom nursed you, you're more likely to 
just do it. It's the same as 2nd time moms vs. 1st time moms. Success breeds 
success.
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From: "Diane Wiessinger" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:16 AM
Subject: hormones from grandma?


> Does anyone else have the sense that new moms who were themselves 
> breastfed tend to have ample milk supplies?  I don't know if I'm actually 
> seeing it, but that's my *sense*.  And I got to wondering: when the mother 
> was breastfed, grandma is usually with her after her own delivery.  And 
> grandma is certainly seeing and smelling things she saw and smelled a 
> generation earlier.  Might she, in turn, be helping to crank up the levels 
> of prolactin and oxytocin in the household, either through her own 
> hormonal levels or by providing a layer of reassurance that a 
> bottle-feeding grandma simply doesn't provide?
>
> That's spinning a lot from a little, but for starters: do others have the 
> sense that they see "easier" milk from women who were breastfed and whose 
> mothers are now with them??
>
> Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY  USA
> www.wiessinger.baka.com
>
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