In a message dated 5/4/2005 11:59:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Dr. Cregan answered (4/27/2004) (quote) "Indeed, Niki almost got it right. The variation in fat content is not related to synthesis, but rather the fact that fat 'sticks' to the ducts as milk is ejected from the breast and thus it travels slower. As such at milk ejection the aqueous components depart from the breast earlier than the fatty components, creating low fat milk in the fore and high fat milk in the hind. This has nothing to do with the synthesis. Indeed fat synthesis is likely to have been at its greatest immediately after a feed when the breast is most drained of milk. Thus, as with prolactin, secretion is highest in an empty breast. But in the case of fat, the stickiness of fact to the ductal cell membranes creates a gradient and thus a 'perceived' difference in synthesis." (unquote) Dear Colleagues: The Kung San mothers were monitored and discovered to be nursing their babies about 60 times a day, about every 15 minutes for about 2.5 minutes. Their babies thrive. How does this mechanism apply to them? I wonder about the population that the wonderful (seriously, he is AWESOME) Dr. Hartmann and his team have studied. I have a publication from the Australian Nursing Mothers Association that recommends nursing at least 6 times a day. Women nursing that number of feeds a day must have a large storage capacity (which relates to infant feeding interval).................wouldn't that have an impact on the findings the team has discovered? warmly, Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative *********************************************** 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