Well, you’ve gotten plenty of anecdotal evidence to prove that size and production are not necessarily related.
Yoy might also direct your friend to: www.lalecheleague.com www.breastfeeding.com
The LLL site will have links to follow to find meetings in her area (free) and all sites offer a wealth of resources if she has other questions (i.e. What medications can be taken while breastfeeding, how to tell if baby is getting enough, etc.) Much more important than the size of the, um, equipment is the amount of support and education about breastfeeding the expectant mom gets.
I’m a DDD and have had terrible problems with low milk supply. Nothing I tried could make me produce more than a few ounces a day. The first time, I gave up after two weeks because the doctor thought my child was losing weight far too fast. For my three month old, he had to be supplemented right from the beginning due to hypoglycemia and was in the NICU for four days. I tried exclusive breastfeeding when he got out of NICU, but that didn’t last long because we didn’t want to listen to his near constant screams of hunger, as the “lactation experts” would have us do, and we “supplemented” with formula. (Really, more like supplementing the formula with breastmilk.) At six weeks, I thought it just wasn’t worth it anymore for two ounces of breastmilk a day, and switched to formula exclusively.
I was a DD when my son was born, and breast fed for about 10 days. Constantly. Although there was ample milk, there was really nothing to it and he wasn’t getting enough nutrition. It was off to formula that very day. So in my case (and that of my sister, mother, my mother’s 5 sisters and countless nieces), big boobs do not equal good milk. Of my generation, only one first cousin was able to nurse her children satisfactorily.
Just so you don’t think big breasts mean little milk, I have ample breasts and ample milk. The first hour of my daughter’s life, she nursed for 45 minutes. I had GD so the usual procedure is to feed the infant sugar water to get her blood glucose up. My daughter did not need that. I did have difficulties the first couple of weeks, but never had to resort to fourmula until 5 months. We supplemented with formula for that month and then went to nursing and solids.