The research I did several years ago revealed no real difference in milk volume by reporductive hx of mother. Only real difference was in the speed with which some milk was first identified: as early as 1 week in mothers who had birthed and breastfed previously, but the amount was virtually the same regardless of the mother's experience: never pregnant, pregnant but never lactated, pregnant and lactated 1 or more times. Another concern I have that I always discuss is the mother's definition of success. If it is milk-oriented, they tend not to do as well (with parenting as well as breastfeedihng) as they do if they focus on attachment with baby and parenting issues and view the milk volume as a wonderful bonus. Hence, the mothers with the greatest difficulty are those highly committeed LLL leaders who have birthed and breastfed more than one baby. PS Most of the stories about adoptive nursing are based on myths that we did not find were supported when looking at nearly 250 adoptive nursing experiences.Example: still nursing a baby will NOT make milk production occur any faster or more completely than if not already nursing a baby. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% "We are all faced with a series of great %% %% opportunities brilliantly disguised as %% %% impossible situations" - definition of a %% %% lactation consulting service. %% %% Kathleen G. Auerbach, PhD, IBCLC %% %% [log in to unmask] Homewood, Illinois USA %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%