Pamela Mazzella Di Bosco wrote:

>I  do not think Hartman's research meant for the assumption to be that what a
>  mother makes cannot change.  And, I am even less sure that it applies to 
>all women in general.  I accept it is what he saw with the women he worked
>with, but I think we have more to do before we assume that all women 
>everywhere reach a certain volume and are unable to increase it.

Please can I clarify that Peter Hartmann's team in *no* way said this 
about a woman's capacity to produce milk. This was simply a question 
from another Lactnetter in response to my posting of an excerpt from 
one of their research papers.

The volumes measured in their studies were the amounts taken freely 
by the baby, as it grew, between 1 and 6 months of age - it was the 
*baby's appetite* we are talking about - nothing at all to do with 
the mother's capability for milk synthesis. What they showed was that 
the baby's daily volume needs did not change significantly from 1 to 
6 months of age, despite becoming much heavier/bigger during that 
time.

Of course mothers can increase the volumes they produce, given 
sufficient stimulation (ie milk removal) - this is the basis of 
relactation and adoptive breastfeeding, quite apart from increasing 
an existing supply for stockpiling.

Joy
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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Australian Breastfeeding Association counsellor
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