Catching up on posts at an appropriate time, since I'm trying to put
together a presentation assigned to me for an upcoming LLL
conference...The Art of Milk Supply.  How does Daly, et al's research a
few years back on breast storage capacity tie in to the discussion of
"over"supply or does it?  Are primarily larger-breasted women the ones
"afflicted" with abundant supplies given their larger storage
capacities?  It seems from the anecdotes here that the problem doesn't
disappear in some women regardless of the way the breastfeeding dyad
works together...  Is the rate of milk synthesis the "problem" vs the
total volume produced?  Per Hartmann, again, Australian women do seem to
yield more milk than their US counterparts.  It would seem that the
diets of the two countries would not be significantly different and I
would guess that breast sizes are fairly similar as well.  My curiosity
is piqued...  Is oversupply underreported simply because we tend to work
w/ women who have problems w/ low supply for whatever reasons just like
we tend to hear the bad news on TV more than we hear the good stuff?

If anybody has some current supply-related research to point me to,
e-mail away since I'm not sure Medline searching has given me enough to
blab about.  Bottom line IMHO is how does what we know about supply
impact the way we practice?  If Daly and Hartmann's supply and demand
research is the latest and greatest, are practitioners using their
concepts or are we simply telling mothers to "nurse frequently for 24-48
hours to up your supply to meet baby's needs"?  Any and all assistance
is welcome; my job is to play the devil's advocate, I guess.

Off to relieve some of my abundant supply...

Rebecca DeYoung Daniels, MBA, RD, CCE in Overland Park, KS
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