risk factors and telling it like it is

Diana, Can you share what kind of risk factors you are talking of? I'm
trying hard to imagine what sort of a situation would merit telling a mum
that she might have problems before she even starts.
Karleen Gribble

Hi Karleen,

I'm glad to share.  Both of my friends had severe hypoplasia...one to the
point where you could see it across the room (she also had PCOS and trouble
getting pregnant, and low progesterone), the other it was very obvious when
she took off her bra (and had luteal phase defect).  In both cases, had I
known anything at all and been their caregivers, I would probably have
discussed the possibility that there may be challenges to overcome...that
things could go swimmingly well from the word "go" (some PCOS moms suffer
from oversupply) but here are the most important things we can do
immediately postpartum (or possibly during pregnancy) that will keep the
odds in our favor.

In my case, it might have been nice to have received some warning about
jaundice of early onset.  It's fairly rare but with my and my husband's
blood groupings not really so rare.  Had I known it was possible my baby
would suffer the severe early jaundice on her first day of life, I might
have been more proactive about keeping her awake, working harder on those
first feeds, learning about my nipples before she arrived (I had one flat
and one inverted which further complicated things).  We eventually got
breastfeeding going but some advance notice, given sensitively and
proactively, might have been helpful.

I hope this helps give you an idea of what I'm speaking.

So, what's HOTMILK?  :)

--Diana (almost packed!)

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