Hi Marianne, I think this is English language literature referred to as growth spurts.
I do not think it is a truly fysiological phenomena. I see it most in mum-baby pairs were the Lactogenesis I and II are somewhat neglected by feeding in schedules rather than frequently on demand. This in my opinion does lead to inadequate activation of prolactin receptors and therefor to a always due to decrease milk production. At the other hand, if mom and baby are together from birth and baby nurses frequntly ad lib, there is no need for intermittent rebooting of milk mproduction.
The thought that was always expressed in lay breastfeeding literature about the ''regeldagen'' was that the baby was growing and thus needing more milk and by asking for more would get more. From the Hartmann et al studies we now know that the milkproduction and cosumption are fairly stable once lactation is well established at somewhere between 750 and 1000 ml a day, because the baby is growing, but needs less calories per kilo as he grows.
Warmly,
Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL in southern Netherlands, back from a no-mail period for great conferences and winning the Dutch Breastfeeding Award 2008!
--- On Sat, 10/18/08, Marianne Vanderveen-Kolkena <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Marianne Vanderveen-Kolkena <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [LACTNET] Regeldagen :o)
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Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 3:08 PM
Girls,
In the Netherlands, we use the word 'regeldagen', meaning something
like 'rescheduling days', during which supply and demand have to be
'reset'.
They're supposed to occur around 10 days, 6 weeks and 3 months.
I honestly don't know what the English word would be and therefore wonder
if it 'exists' in other languages, which leads me to the fact that some
are in favour of getting rid of the word altogether.
A few questions: what is the word in English? Do you use it in everyday
practice? Would you like to abolish it? How else to explain the phenomenon?
Fast replies are much appreciated, as we are editing one of the brochures in
which the word comes up and I would like to offer some thoughts on the issue.
Thanks in advance.
Warmly,
Marianne Vanderveen, Netherlands (like many others drawing near to the 24th
;-))
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