Why don't my two breasts produce the same amount of milk? It is rare for a person to produce exactly the same amount of breast milk on both sides. Riordan et al indicate that the right breast often produces more than the left breast; it is assumed that this is due to the position or the greater blood circulation in that breast.

A 5-month-old baby wakes up at night to feed and has difficulty sleeping alone during the day. You are told to get him used to sleeping alone, but it’s not always easy. The baby’s brain is still developing, so he wakes up often at night. This is normal.

Sleep is a topic that comes up very frequently in breastfeeding support meetings and lactation consultations, with questions about how to put the baby to sleep without the breast, about multiple awakenings, and anxiety about the lack of sleep, for both the mother and the baby.