> Now on to another question. > Mom has what she considers a nice milk supply, happy baby. Has >Depo Provera IM for birthcontrol, dr says no problem with breastfeeding. > Three weeks later mom calls and says her supply has gone down >drastically -- in fact, "I think it's disappeared" is what she said. My >Nursing95 says serum levels hit peak in three weeks....Kathleen B. says >she's called Upjohn for a similar case and they said Depo Provera would >increase the mother's milk. > Any info??? Thanks. Dawn Kersula >PS - Mom is nursing, pumping, and staying in bed with baby, with incr >fluids and etc and the supply is improving.) From KGA: My understanding (from clinical observations) is that mothers who take Depo Provera within 1st month pp have serious problems with milk production. If she is in bed, nursing, pumping, etc. she had best be off Depo Provera for her to turn things around. At some point, also, she needs to share her experience with the MD who prescribed and said it wouldn't hurt breastfeeding. Perhaps this MD will learn from this mother's experience and be somewhat less likely to prescribe and recommend its use so soon after birth. Does he think all mothers are rarin' to go with penetrating lovemaking that soon? Has he never looked at the vagina post-delivery? Looks like a piece of raw meat!!! (Maybe Mother Nature has in mind letting that area "rest" when she makes mothers more interested in their babies than in their mates the first month or 40 days after birth! (Just a thought.) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Kathleen G. Auerbach, PhD, IBCLC %% %% Lactation Services %% %% Homewood, Illinois %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%