> Mom really wants baby back to breast, and wants to BF for at
>least a year, as she is a SAHM.

I know this was not the point of the original post asking about a sudden
drastic drop in milk supply on day 12 postpartum, but I just *had* to
comment [you'all know me].  What in the world does being a "Stay at Home
Mom" have to do with how long one breastfeeds?  Mothers all over the world
work, whether at home or in the fields, whether with their babies 24/7 (24
hours a day, 7 days a week) or not 24/7.  There is no necessary or obvious
relationship between being a "stay at home mom" and duration of
breastfeeding.  Hundreds of thousands of women, if not millions, breastfeed
their children for 3-4-5-6 years while working outside the home.  Catherine
Panter-Brick's research in Nepal shows breastfeeding duration to be longer
for women who work away from home.  I breastfed my youngest for 5.5 years
even though I went back to work when he was 3 weeks old. It is not necessary
to be a "stay at home mom" to have your child with you most of the time, and
it is not necessary to have your child with you most of the time to
breastfeed for many years.

Off of soapbox.
Kathy D.
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