> I was wondering if anyone else had read the article in The Lancet on milk
> production with a second baby. I would like the opinion of others on it.
> There were a few questions that I had after reading it. It is a very short
> paper- perhaps if it had been longer the detail might have covered these
> questions.
>
> The first point is that the lead in suggests that it is about women who
have
> low milk supplies when in fact it appears that none of the women in the
> study suffered from insuffient milk.
>
> Secondly,  it doesn't say how milk production was measured. I suspect that
> perhaps the babies were weighed and I wonder how much of the increased
input
> by the babies was actually due to second babies being larger. Perhaps it
> might also be due to second time around mothers knowing a bit more about
> what they are doing rather than a physiological increase in the ability to
> produce milk (although it could be this also- there is just not enough
info
> there to convince me).
>
> The idea of measuring the length of time of feeding also makes me
> uncomfortable. It's like less is better... but why would this be so?
>
> This article raised more questions than providing any answers for me. What
> do you all think?
>
> Karleen Gribble
> Australia
>

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