Heather wrote:
> except that study that showed drinking lots and lots seemed to depress milk
> production (can't remember where/when that was, sorry).

Yes, I remember that study and I think it was drinking a lot *beyond* thurst and
that that was the trigger. Anyone with the same perception or am I wrong here?

and:
> Rest could make a difference indirectly, by making sure the mother has more
> opportunity to feed her baby ad lib, and to enjoy skin to skin contact.  I
> can't see how rest *per se* is likely to improve the supply.

I like to refer to rest as *mental rest* or peace of mind. Women all over the
world work hard and feed there babies without problems related to that. It is
mainly stress and ''stressy'' thinking that inhibits a good production and
letdown.

> I think all new (and old!) mothers should eat and drink as much as they
> want and need, and should be able to get all the rest they need, too....but
> I don't think we should be telling them their milk supply depends on it,
> when we either don't know, or have good evidence that it doesn't.

I agree, and I think that good eating, drinking and resting are good for a
mother, wether she is bf or af, to keep her own health good to be able to keep
on caring for her children, now and when they grow up.

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, Maaseik, Belgium
http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac
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