Dear Friends: I am a bit confused about this quote from Cathy Fetherstone: "There was a comment in regard to creamatocrits about Hartmann research showing there was higher "calorie milk" with low production than with higher milk productions. This can be open to misinterpetation. What the Hartmann team's research showed was that the emptier the breast (low degree of fullness) the higher the fat content of that milk sample and that the women with lower storage capacities (but this doesn't mean a lower milk production) had a more consistent concentration (less variation) of fat in milk when measuring the differences between fore and hindmilk samples, than women with higher storage capacities. That is: the higher the degree of fullness the greater the variation between fore and hind milk creamatocrits, the lower the degree of breast fullness the less variation. Degree of fullness (and hence fat content) of the breast is highly variable throughout the day and is influenced by many things but in particular is the time since the last feed, and storage capacity." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The emptier the breast, the higher the fat content of that sample." My confusion comes with the "emptier the breast (low degree of fullness) the less variation in fat content between fore and hind milk." Does this mean that the higher fat in the sample from the emptier breast has a relatively constant fat content? Does this mean a fuller breast has a larger variation in fat content between the fore and hind milk? Forgive me if this is obvious to you all; I am trying to get the picture. warmly, Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI _http://www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com/_ (http://www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com/) www.myspace/AdonicaLee ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]