Hi all

Pamela wrote about a mom that she's working with, and the question was so
similar to one I've been meaning to post about for a few days now that until
I saw where Pamela is from I thought it could have been the same situation!

>Does anyone have experience with what happens
>during a subsequent lactation when there may have been a severe postpartum
>haemmorhage (possible Sheehan's syndrome?) in the previous lactation?  Would
>the pituitary gland be permanently affected?

I'm looking for similar information, although the mom I'm helping
(indirectly) is just now pregnant with #2. She had significant blood loss
requiring a packed cell transfusion with her first. Says she never got
really full, felt extremely worn down, and only felt let-down at 9 months
postpartum. She's concerned about a repeat performance with the next baby.

From the information I have been given I don't know that Sheehan's was ever
confirmed. I have to ask, though, if this mom did have Sheehan's and it did
affect the pituitary gland, would that make getting/staying pregnant
difficult in the first place? And does it make sense that this mom's blood
loss would somehow be related to feeling letdowns for the first time at 9
months?

thanks for any help on this!

Melissa Vickers, IBCLC
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Huntingdon, Tennessee