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i don't know. it's something i wondered too. my mom didn't nurse me but i nursed my daughter with pretty much no problems.

lol @ winnie. I would have had the same kinda reaction. What do you say to that?

I have no idea how breastfeeding is going to go. My mom did not breastfeed and my sister didn't as well. I plan on breastfeeding,

I don't think so.. my mom had an overabundance of milk. I had a low supply the first couple of months.

Sometimes I think there's a difference in the info (or lack of info) our moms were given at that time too. My mom said she also didn't make "enough milk" but she also said that during that time, doctors pushed formula (similac) alot on her. I wonder if breastfeeding were more encouraged, if she would've breastfed me more (and thus made more milk).

Also, for example, she used to think that if your breasts are soft that means there's no milk. I thought that too as a new mom, but I also had a lactation consultant around to tell me otherwise... and that helped me alot with my 2nd baby whom I'm bf'ing exclusively now for almost 4 months. so I do think there are educational influences that make up for some differences among generations.

the nipple thing... if you have flat/inverted nipples, it is MUCH harder to bf successfully because it's so much harder for baby to latch properly. lucky are u gals with bf-friendly nipples... one less factor to worry about

My mother wasn't able to breastfeed me or my four sisters. She has inverted nipples and couldn't make it work with my oldest sister. Afterwards she never tried to breastfeed the rest of us.

My maternal grandmother had issues with breastfeeding too, and I think it was due to the lack of education and help. Unfortunately that cost the lives of my mother's siblings. Once my mother was born, she was given cow's milk and survived.

I have nipples made for breastfeeding, but my son was unable to latch on. He also had a difficult time learning how to suck, swallow, and breathe. I'm just lucky that I was able to keep up with pumping from the beginning, and I'm still going strong as an exclusive pumper.

So I think it could partially be due to genetics from my experience, but then maybe not... my sister is successfully breastfeeding her 2 month old daughter and didn't run into any issues. It is a learned experience for both mother and child. There are factors that can make the experience easier and also factors to make it more difficult.

Not sure but I've never heard that's the case. I've heard that part of the problem was a lot of misinformation and bad information circulating about breastfeeding in the past and that's something hospitals have been trying to rectify. My mom was able to breastfeed all 4 of her kids but she said she was told in the hospital with a couple of us that we didn't have good sucking reflexes and she wouldn't be able to breastfeed us but she just ignored the nurses and it worked out just fine.