>Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 15:56:40 PDT
>From: Maureen Murtaugh <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Serum Cholesterol in Lactation,
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Priority: Normal
>
>Serum total and LDL cholesterol decrease in the early weeks of pregnancy
due to estrogen
>effects and changes in plasma volume. HDL, on the other hand, rises by 12
weeks. By 12
>weeks, the decrease in LDL is balanced with the increase in HDL and total
cholesterol
>reaches pre-pregnant levels. Total and LDL cholesterol then increase over
the second and
>third trimesters with concentrations with HPL, (human placental lactogen)
cortisol, estradiol
>and progesterone. (Source: Handbook of Diagnostic Biochemistry and
Hematology in
>Normal Pregnancy. Lockitch G, Ed. CRC Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1993.)
Cholesterol
>decreases slowly after delivery and diagnostics should be delayed for 6 months.
>
> Not specified in this source the % increase, although the perinatologists
I work with
>say up to 100% increases can occur. Seems as though a total cholesterol
of 230 is not too
>concerning if the woman is less than 6 months postpartum.
>
>
Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC, LLL Leader (7 yrs),
Human Being, Mother, Co-Owner Lactnet, E-Mail = [log in to unmask]
LACTNET WWW site: http://www.mcs.com/~auerbach/lactation.html
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