Nearly all nursing mothers worry at one time or another about whether their babies are getting enough milk. Since we can’t measure breastmilk intake the way we can formula intake, it is easy to be insecure about the adequacy of our milk supplies. The “perception” of insufficient breastmilk production is the most common reason mothers give for weaning or early introduction of solids or supplements.
Although there is a very small percentage of women who can’t produce enough milk no matter what they do, this is extremely rare. It is even more unusual for a mother not to be able to produce any milk at all. Mothers can almost always produce some milk to give their babies, even if they have to supplement with formula.
