Betty Crase, friend, LLL Leader, former LLLI Board member, former Director of the LLLI Center for Breastfeeding Information and former staff person at the AAP researched this topic in depth some years ago.  I’m copying her on this, hoping that she will respond with her thorough answer on the origins of the elusive 5%.



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Date:    Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:47:02 +1100

From:    Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Source of the stat on % of women not being able to make enough milk



Can anyone help me out. 5% gets thrown around a lot. What's the source?



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