Hi, Jan: I've been following with interest the amount of time/day it is recommended that mothers pump to maintain/increase their milk supply. Your questions/comments on stimulating the breast brought to mind some articles I read a few months ago on human male lactation. One of the primary authors is a cultural anthropologist (male) who suggests that the main trigger for milk production is direct stimulation of the nipple (male or female) rather than what was traditionally believed, that one had to have the hormonal trigger of pregnancy to begin lactation. Of course, those of you who have nursed adopted babies have long known that needing to have a pregnancy in order to produce milk is so not true. Jared Diamond is the name of the anthroplogist and I found his information by going through google. He even documents cases of men successfully nursing their babies and I heard through the grapevine that someone (don't know who or where) is trying to get a research study going on human male lactation. I suspect there may be an issue with getting volunteers! Interesting. Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC Clinical Lead, Lactation Services Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL USA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html