I think there are many reasons that mothers in traditional cultures, in which breastfeeding has remained the norm, tend to do so much better than mothers in industrialized, bottlefeeding cultures, at inducing lactation. One specific one is certainly the fact that the babies usually know how to nurse effectively. In such cultures, babies are unlikely to have had bottles before their adoptive mothers get them. In order to have survived for more than a short time, a baby who did not come to his adoptive mother soon after birth would have to have been breastfed by someone, somewhere along the line. The vast majority of babies who are adopted by mothers in the industrialized world have had bottles for some period of time before their adoptive mothers have a chance to nurse them. Of course, some still nurse well, but others do not, and that definitely has an effect on the ease with which the adoptive mother produces milk, especially when her baby's suckling is the primary method of stimulating milk production (as opposed to meds, pumping, etc). This is one reason that many adoptive moms who nurse multiple adopted children see a significant variation in their milk production, from child to child. Aloha, Darillyn _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE online virus check for your PC here, from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html