I am very interested in this thread !  I am a postpartum doula and many of my doula sisters
offer "Placenta Encapsulation Services".

A while back, a client of my was having low milk production issues.  She was already to
start taking her p.pills--I discouraged her from doing so (progesterone) without checking with the IBCLC/MD
she was working with.  This health care professional stated, "progesterone was not digestible" and "would
not affect the milk supply ONE WAY OR ANOTHER."

So, it's based on that information I now say nothing, one way or another about p.pills.

--Kathy


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On Jul 24, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Anne Eglash <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I feel very certain that I have 4 cases of women who never established good milk supplies or lost a good supply due to placenta capsules. I feel that I have a good understanding of lactational physiology and I can almost always determine 'where the lesion is' for women with a low supply. In these cases, these women should absolutely have had good supplies. One of the women stuck with it and didn't respond to galactogogues until 2 months after she stopped the placenta capsules. She then noticed that her supply gradually climbed to a near full supply. This delayed response to galactogogues makes sense if her low supply was due to the placenta.
> I spoke to a mammary biologist re this, who agrees that this connection is plausible. It makes great sense to me because of how other hormones such as the progesterone only pill, prednisone, estrogen, and of course a retained placental fragment can impact milk supply. I have heard that some women feel that taking their placenta enhances their milk, but this is the yin/yang of medicines. Paradoxical responses happen to all sorts of supplements and prescription meds.
> I warn women not to take their placenta.
> Anne
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> Anne Eglash MD, FABM, IBCLC
> Clinical Professor
> Dept of Family Medicine
> Medical Director UW Lactation Clinic
> University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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> Mount Horeb, WI, 53572
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