I think it was Diane that posted:

Peter Hartmann's conference:
 that he doesn't
> >consider a woman's milk supply to have reached its full potential until
> >around 6 months...  I've never heard it repeated, and don't know exactly
what
> >he meant by it, but it's a hope-giving line for mothers, and this mom
> >certainly bears it out...

I asked the above, if a woman's milk supply reaches its full potential around 6 months, to Leon Mitolaus,  dr. Hartmann's lab. team,  and he wrote back:


 .  We find that milk production is 'established',
> certainly, by 4 weeks.  When we use the term 'established' we mean
> that the supply and demand relationship of the mother infant dyad is
> established.  This usually remains constant for the first 6 months as
> we have shown that 24 milk production is constant over this time
> frame, after which it starts to decrease (due to the introduction of
> solids).  However, even during this period, should there be an
> increase in demand, supply should respond.





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