milk-making

Breast-feeding mothers may develop mastitis because of infection in the tissue of the breast, or just from the presence of milk in the tissue outside the milk-making cells.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

Breast-feeding mothers may develop mastitis because of infection in the tissue of the breast, or just from the presence of milk in the tissue outside the milk-making cells.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

Implants can press on the milk-making cells, and this can also reduce milk supply.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

Implants can press on the milk-making cells, and this can also reduce milk supply.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

As a pregnancy progresses, breasts develop milk-making structures and the flow of blood to the breasts increases.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

As a pregnancy progresses, breasts develop milk-making structures and the flow of blood to the breasts increases.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

The 'inhibitor' is there to shut down the milk-making system if the baby does not feed.

Chapter 29 1997

In response, your brain sends out more milk-making hormones telling your breast to make more milk.

Chapter 29 1997

When a baby wants to suckle frequently, she is ordering the milk-making system to increase production; within a few days her orders are fulfilled.

Chapter 29 1997

Stress has no effect on the milk-making hormone (prolactin), but it can have a temporary effect on the hormone which makes the milk flow out of the breast (oxytocin).

Chapter 15 1997