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. 2019 Jun 21;19:210. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2366-8

Table 2.

Maternal 24-h milk production profile at 3 months post-partum

Case study Population range
Left Right Total
Number of breastfeeds 6 6 12 6–18
Average breastfeed (mL) 12 37 49 30–135
Average breastfeed duration (min) 9 12 5–37
24 h milk intake breastfeeding (mL) 70 224 294 478–1298
Expressed milk (mL) 60 60
Expressed milk intake (mL) 125
Total infant milk intake (mL) 419
Total milk produced in 24 h (mL) 414

Milk production population reference ranges from Kent et al. [12]