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How does our body make breast milk?

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Dr. Melissa Gowans answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Mammary glands and: hormones. The production of breast milk is the product of the alveoli in the mammary glands. They produce milk in response to hormones. For more detail, follow this link: http://www.babies.sutterhealth.org/breastfeeding/bf_production.html

Answered 2/7/2015

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