While I'm not convinced that raw bovine milk consumption can increase 
human milk production (and wouldn't be found recommending it), I 
offered the many kinds of hormones in raw bovine milk as a potential 
source for any effects some mothers may have observed.

I've been written by a couple people the standard line taught to MD's 
by the dairy industry: that any hormones in milk are digested in the 
stomach and thus not active. This is very contrary however to the fact 
that people take medicinal hormones all the time; the pill, thyroid 
meds, etc. and that it is known that mother passes oxytocin and 
cortisol and growth factors on to baby --- these have been measured 
and the effects observed. There are concerns about the effects of 
estrogen hormone mimics in the environment and hormonal effects from 
those left behind in our drinking water after being passed out of the 
systems of people taking hormones. There'd be no concerns if they were 
all simply digested. Milks, including bovine and human, are also 
designed to help allow hormones and other factors to remain active and 
be passed on and bovine milk in particular is extrememly alkalizing, 
reducing the effects of digestive acids.

A Lancet article even suggests that dairy consuming moms have 5 
times as many twin births as those who do not: 
http://tinyurl.com/2mv9f9

Best, linda
author "Baby Matters"
www.BabyReference.com

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