The one financial analogy for breastmilk production that makes sense to
me is credit card offers.  If you have no credit cards, it's hard to get
one.  If you have a lot of credit cards and use them a lot, other credit
card companies send you mail daily offering you more credit, and the
companies whose cards you use increase your credit limit for you until
you have enough credit to dig yourself into a financial hole for life

Personally, I prefer the factory analogy.  Besides, I've refined it so I
can explain:

-the first two weeks (market research phase - breast decides how much to
invest in it's factory based on how much product is "sold")
-the next 4 weeks (building the factory for full output)
-the short lag between increased demand and increased production (one
has to recruit, hire, and train workers before they are up to full speed)
-the way full breasts decrease milk supply (if the warehouse is
overflowing and no orders are coming in, the production line has to slow
down, and workers are laid off).
-the way empty breasts and sucking babe increase the speed of milk
production (the warehouse is empty, but orders are pouring in, so the
factory speeds up the production line, and even puts on a third shift).

This seems to really make sense to our NYC mommies, so I'm going to keep
using it.  And I'm going to keep tearing up all those unsolicited credit
offers!

--
Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  New York City  mailto:[log in to unmask]

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