In a message dated 01/10/2000 11:40:43 PM Central Standard Time,
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<< I have been out of it lately so I was hoping someone could help me out.  Wh
at is the latest research on maternal age diminishing milk supply?

 The reason I ask is for a mother of twins whom I recently talked to.  Her
doctor called a well-know doctor who supports breastfeeding and speaks at
LLLI conferences and was told the mom won't have enough milk for her twins
because of her age.  To top it off, a League friend presented the MOT's case
to Dr. Sears and he reportedly backed the doctor's opinion up.  Is there
anything to this?  We all can cite cases of older mother of multiples who had
no problem with exclusively breastfeeding their babies.
  PS. The mother of twins is 33 years old! >>


Hi,  I just HAD to post to this.... from PERSONAL experience...I will be 40
years old this year and I am still breastfeeding my 13 month old
daughter...she was exclusively breastfed until almost nine months of age and
has ALWAYS been in the 95th% weight and height.   I plan to nurse her until
she decides to wean, which I am hoping won't be for a LONG time.  My milk
supply has been more than abundant.   I certainly have plenty milk for her
and then some...Furthermore, at the age of 32, I exclusively breastfed my
11pound (at birth) son until he was about 9 months old and he weaned himself
at the age of three years old.  He too, was always off the charts as far as
height/weight.  My milk supply with him was also more than abundant.  So,
this is not "official research", but for what ever it is worth, I for one can
say for a fact that my age had absolutely no impact on breastfeeding or my
milk supply.  If the amount of milk I have now, is what someone might call
diminished, then I cannot, for the life of me, IMAGINE the amount of milk I
would have if I was younger...anyone remember ELSIE????LOL
Please tell the mom that she CAN CAN CAN successfully do this!  She's a
youngster at 33!!!

~Brenda Coleman
Weatherford, TX

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