I've read through most of the latest days' posts about the existence  
or not of foremilk and hindmilk and the importance of *frequent  
feedings*. I'd just like to insert a couple of lines about what's  
normal. As humans biologically are continuus breastfeeders, what  
might happen at infrequent feedings is that milk builds up in the  
ducts and becomes "too separated". It is not  "an extra advantage" to  
feed frequently, it's plain normal. I read a new Norweigan book on  
breastfeeding that described lactation and milk transfer as more or  
less a continuus flow, rather than the breasts being containers that  
were filled from within and emptied on (relatively rare) occasions  
when a baby (or a pump) were at the breast. In that light,  
expressions like "emptying the breast" clearly are nonsense.
Marit OLanders
editor of bf magazine Amningsnytt, Sweden

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