A few days ago, a colleague interviewed me about inducing lactation. In the small talk before we got into our discussion, we talked about something else we had in common besides a career in lactation: we both have curly hair. 

What does this have to do with inducing lactation? Well, at first it seemed like these two topics we discussed were unrelated. But a story my colleague shared stuck in my mind ... she followed someone who had some fabulous curls that she really admired. So, my colleague bought all the same products as this person, but when she used them her hair looked terrible!

Why was this I wonder? Maybe those products were the right products for the other person but not right for my colleague. Maybe those products could have worked well but she didn't know how to use them in the right way.

And this is how it ties in with inducing lactation ... When someone posts online about a product or method they used to induce lactation and had great results, it doesn't mean you will h...