Hello, All.
       Karen's post seems to rule out that retained placental fragments could
be causing lowered milk supply, yet several have posted who seem to have seen
endometritis possibly cause lowered milk supply.  Since endometritis is an
infection, I am wondering: do the mothers run a fever with this?  If so, that
could be the missing piece of the puzzle.  For the past couple of years, every
winter I have been receiving phone calls from mothers who had a fever of 102
degrees or higher with the flu, who then have significantly lowered milk supply.
 In consulting with another friend who is also an IBCLC, we came up with the
thought that perhaps the high fever injures the pituitary in some way, and
that injury causes the drop in milk production.  In the moms I have worked with,
after a high fever the milk seems to stay low for anywhere from 2 weeks to 2
months, in spite of trying various remedies for increasing supply.  Of course,
if there is no fever with endometritis, then this conjecture of mine is "all
wet".  (I'm not an RN, and never had the condition myself, so I don't know if
fever accompanies it.)
       Dee

Dee Kassing, BS, MLS, IBCLC
Collinsville, Illinois, in central USA

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