Debi Page Ferrarello, RN, IBCLC wrote:
  .....Began using electric breast pump
> day three in addition to breastfeeding at suggestion of her nursing mother
> counselor.  Got 1/2 ounce each time a couple of times, and breasts felt full
> for a few hours that eve.  But day 4 and day five breasts soft and NO milk
> expressed at all.  Tried using nursing supplementer, but  with no signs of
> her own milk "coming back", feels discouraged and is about to
> stop---tearfully.  Dad's great, very supportive, sad, too.
>    WHY?  There's nothing in the literature about people who just don't make
> milk for no apparant reason, is there?

I would think if she could get a half ounce the other day she should be
able to produce a half ounce on subsequent days.  Barring a stressfull
lifestyle or neighbors (ie. loud music etc) then it sounds like a buried
feelings issues to me.  Although I'm open to other ideas.
  It may be non-offensive to her to ask her if there may be any
unresolved issue(s) from the past involving her breasts.  Since it may
be difficult for her to recall on a conscious level you could suggest,
before asking the question, to allow the first thing that pops into her
head to not be dismissed.
-Joyce Mitchell