> Karen, it is known that nursing during the night produces more prolactin
> than day-time nursing, so it's quite possible that the night time
> co-sleeping and nursing helps keep the prolactin levels high and therefore
> helps keep milk production going.
>
Kathy, this makes perfect sense until you factor in the transfer fron
endocrine to autocrine control.  How big a factor is prolactin
at the six month  mark?

Barb Whelan
Barbara Whelan, M. D.
London, Ontario

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