For several days also following childbirth, what happens is the interior pituitary gland will release a hormone known as prolactin and what prolactin does is it stimulates the memory gland, it stimulates the gland cells in the memory gland to basically produce milk that is different than cholesterol. Now, the major difference between milk and the first milk is that milk actually contains a high concentration of carbohydrates as well as fat. And what the milk does is it once again provides immunity to the child by giving the child special types of antibodies. And the antibodies can be used to fight off different types of pathogens that might infect that growing child. Now, what the milk also does is it provides the proteins and the carbohydrates and the nutrients, the minerals that are needed by that child to actually develop into a fully functional individual. Now let's actually discuss how the process of lactation actually takes place and let's take a look at the following diagram.