Background Many women express concern about their ability to produce enough milk, and
insufficient milk is frequently cited as the reason for supplementation and early termination of
breastfeeding. When addressing this concern, it is important first to consider the influence of
maternal and neonatal health, infant suck, proper latch, and feeding frequency on milk
production, and that steps be taken to correct or compensate for any contributing issues.

… “The mothers were randomised to receive either placebo or galactagogue ….”.
Correspondence with author revealed that this was done by computer-generated random
numbers. … In the methods, it was reported that milk was estimated by serial pumping every
hour for 3 consecutive hours, and the amount at the fourth session was recorded, then the
sum of the amount from both breasts obtained on the fourth pumping was multiplied by 24 to
obtain the daily breast milk production. However in the results, the volume of milk reported …