>My question for LactNetters is:  for how long is hand expression likely to
>yield some drops of milk after it is sure that breastfeeding has totally
>stopped?

Anecdotally...a very long time

>We can all speak from our own experience, I expect.  But is there any
>statistical literature on this matter?

Not that I know of,  but there might be something in the ob/gyn literature
as my gynecologist had a number at one point (into the years)

>Failing that, what is your collective clinical wisdom?

personally I could express a little for at least 8 years, and that was
without a lot of stimulation in the interim ;)  I was just curious and
would once or twice a year check. As time went on the ability to express
was dependent on my menstrual cycle. Eventually I just stopped checking. I
expect my experience might be close to some of the women in the study as I
had 3 children in 4 1/2 years and breastfed continuously for 8+ years.

I doubt the study criteria is valid, unless they defined expressing as the
ability to let down a volume of milk, not just hand express a few grams.

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