I quite liked Kathy's balloon analogy about yellow balloons stuck to the
wall being foremilk and pink ones being the fat, except I would venture to
suggest a slight modification:
As the baby never gets *no* fat, particularly once let-down occurs, I would
change the analogy to say that there are a few pink balloons available to
baby while getting the yellow ones, but not many. As the number of yellow
balloons becomes less, then the proportion of pink ones increases, ie not
an all-or-none demarcation (sp?) of layers, but rather a gradient from
yellow to pink.

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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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