In addition the the possibility that her nerves were cut, there is also the possibility of serious blood loss during the surgery and it's ensuing damage to the pititary gland. This damage can effect the hormones that the pit gland produces and thus effect milk production. We have seen this phenomenon is post partum hemorrage, but I don't know if serious blood loss in a childhood surgery would have the same effect. (I wish I could find the citation for this phenomenon.) Some heart surgeries have a large quantity of blood loss, possible damage having been done to this woman's pititary is worth considering. Mary Jozwiak IBCLC Private Practice *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html