Pfff... still catching up on reading, as I am too curious to delete all the 
postings that came in during my Summer holiday... ;o)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Knorr" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: [LACTNET] malnutrition and stress

**Sahron wrote:
> It was very real. So I always tried to keep
> an open mind when a mom cited such things as stressors on her milk supply. 
> I
> have also seen moms boost their supplies by adding a bunch of calories to
> their diets. What we do need to conteract is the belief that conditions 
> must
> be "perfect" in order for breastfeeding to succeed.
>
> Until some kind of study is devised, we will continue to rely on anectodal
> information which, although interesting, is difficult to hang any 
> particular
> hat on - or conversely, can accomodate all hats.

**I think you are right. As for stress: looking at it from the oxytocin 
point of view: when adrenalise and other stress hormones get too high, oxy 
will be 'defeated' and when the milk doesn't flow in big enough quantities, 
for sure production will decrease. What I usually say: production decrease 
is not a cause, but a result of something else. If that something else is 
not resolved, problems/results will remain.
In a situation of malnutrition, a body is certainly in stress and if there 
isn't physicial stress by malnutrition, disasters are likely to cause 
psychological stress. Both will impact oxy production and therefore milk 
release and production. So, I think it's true: we shouldn't say that 
production will survive under all circumstances. Depending on someone's 
personal history, many things can be stressors.

Warmly,

Marianne Vanderveen, Netherlands 

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