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Date: | Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:45:52 EST |
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Dear Chris,
You wrote: 1. If she dries up soon will she produce any/enough milk once
baby is born?
Why would this mom think her milk would dry up? What she is producing now
should not have a negative impact on her lactation postpartum.
When you describe her breast are uncomfortable is she getting engorged?
Women can leak prenatally to varying degrees but should not be getting engorged.
If her placenta was abrupting this is a very serious condition for both
mother and baby needing immediate attention. If she is not experiencing
abdominal pain with or without increasing bleeding, she needs to seek medical care
immediately.
If the breast are engorged there are some medications that can cause this.
Also may want to evaluate her pituitary. Having her seek an opinion from a
high risk OB would seem a good start.
Expressing her milk and saving it could offer this mother some relief as
long as she is not experiencing any contractions with this. Think of this like
the mother who is tandem nursing while pregnant.
Keep us posted on how this mother does.
Ann Perry, RN IBCLC
Boston, MA
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