ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Stage two lactogenesis: This stage starts about two or three days postpartum (after giving birth). It’s when milk production intensifies. Once your baby and placenta are delivered, a sudden drop in your estrogen and progesterone causes the hormone prolactin to take over. Prolactin is the hormone that produces milk.

Detailed explanation-2: -For the first 2 to 5 days after your baby is born, you will make a small amount of colostrum, which is all a healthy term baby needs. Colostrum is a thick, rich milk that is high in nutrients. Around day 3 through 5, your milk will come in.

Detailed explanation-3: -After the birth, delivery of the placenta triggers milk production in an automatic process and true lactation failure is very rare. The rate of milk volume coming in will depend on getting breastfeeding established early and often, birth practices, and whether the mother has any medical conditions affecting lactation.

Detailed explanation-4: -During relactation, you train your body to produce milk after not lactating for a period of time. It’s possible to relactate if you haven’t produced breast milk in weeks, months or even years.