Hi Janie,

The situation you describe of a mother producing 4-5 ounces from one  
breast but only 1-2 from the other is quite common and probably not a  
cause for concern.  In fact, it's almost identical to what I  
experience when I return to work (only I rarely got 4 ounces from one  
side!).  My right side is far and away the better producer, despite my  
efforts to encourage the left side to produce more (I was tandem  
nursing two of my children and allowed the older, stronger nurser to  
only nurse from the left side while the younger child got both sides,  
making the left used twice more often than the right for about 18  
months).

As long as the baby gets what he needs when he nurses, and this mother  
keeps her supply up while she's away from her baby, the discrepancy in  
output is probably not a concern.

--Diana in NY
LLLL

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