Subject: low milk supply

Look at this article from the JHL:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10776184?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2
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Patient with insufficient glandular tissue experiences milk supply increase
attributed to progesterone treatment for luteal phase defect. Bodley V,
Powers D.
J Hum Lact. 1999 Dec;15(4):339-43.
A case report is presented on the experience of a mother diagnosed with
insufficient glandular tissue at 3 months postpartum with her first child
who then went on to breastfeed her second child (fifth pregnancy) without
supplementation of any kind. The mother had difficulty becoming pregnant and
maintaining a pregnancy. She was diagnosed with a luteal phase defect and
was thus treated with natural progesterone during her fifth pregnancy. The
authors speculate that this treatment may have stimulated the development of
her mammary alveolar cells, allowing lactation to progress normally.
She took natural progesterone 200 mg/day by suppository from the day after
ovulation until pregnancy confirmed. Then 100 mg every day (50 mg twice a
day) through the 12th week of pregnancy. She carried to term, milk came in
day 4, and she discontinued supplement at one week.

Marie Farver RN BSN IBCLC

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