Jean,
Can you describe in a bit more detail what happens to the breast structure
after menopause. I was under the impression that it all remained
functional, hence the ability of grandmothers to BF their grandchildren
when they are long past menopause themselves (photocopied a great paper the
other day from Journal of Pediatrics from 1956 in which there is a
beautiful photo of a wizened African grandmother, gathering up the breast
and squirting out the breastmilk used to feed her grandchild).
Karleen Gribble
Australia

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Jean Wrote:

> Childbearing is an interlude in a woman's life. The nerve connections in
> a woman's breast remain, capable of triggering the release of prolactin
> and oxytocin with sufficient stimulation long after the glandular tissue
> has undergone menopausal regression, with lobules and ducts all but
> disappearing under the microscope.

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