Barbara W-C wrote: I have explained it by saying things like: "Imagine the breasts are rooms with many light switches on the walls. The power plant is off-line due to a storm (the illness, loss of blood, etc). If you keep the switches on, when the power comes back on, there will be light in those rooms. Pumping keeps the switches in the "on" position." Great analogy! Winnie Mading IBCLC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html