In a message dated 97-04-21 12:33:36 EDT, you write:

<<   We took our breaks together and pumped together.  We had a *lot* of
 fun seeing who got the most on any given day.  I don't remember her
 "record," but mine was 11 ounces.  (!)

 Mary Renard
 Vienna VA  USA
  >>
<<< A pair of my favorite longterm nursing/pumping moms, anchors for our local
TV news often have occaision to pump together when they are on the same
schedule.  They reported after some time that they each got MORE milk when
they pumped together than when they pumped alone!!   Liz Flight, RN, IBCLC
 Jacksonville FL>>>

I thougth the same, that pumping together migth lead to increased outcome. I
wonder, should this happen with nursing itself too? That nursing mothers who
live together have less problems with milk supply? And how would the hormones
be involved? The same as with periods? I've often heard that woman who live
together tend to ovulate and menstruate on the same moment, that their period
are infuence by eachothers periods (probably by the smell of the bodies). If
this is true, maybe a similar thing happens with women who frequently nurse or
pump together?

just a thougth,
--
Annelies Bon
mother of Dirk 6yo, Tom 4yo, Pieter 1yo
bf counsellor (in trainig) of Borstvoeding Natuurlijk