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Friends:
I'm posting on behalf of one of my home visiting nurses.
Mom delivered 1-lb baby at 25 weeks gestation.
Mom has polycystic ovaries (Stein-Leventhal Syndrome), is obese (+300
lbs), smokes 1/2 pack of cigarettes a day, never felt engorged post
delivery. This is the first pregnancy of three that has not miscarried
-- mom had difficulty getting pregnant.
Mom pumped for 3 weeks with hospital-grade pump. Then she claims her
milk suddenly dried up. I do not know how much milk she was getting per
session, but apparently pumped every 2-3 hr in day, none during night.
OB has prescribed Reglan; however, because mother has history of mental
illness, will be watching her carefully.
Mom is motivated to continue breastfeeding.
Okay wise ones, here's the question...
- Do polycystic ovaries (in and of themselves) interfere with
breastfeeding?
- Is there anything that could be done now to improve her situation with
hormone use?
Baby is improving, would like to keep her on M-O-M, but mother needs
assistance. There are so many factors against her (from the history I
received, as presented above) -- where to begin?!
TIA for your brains! Please email privately as well as to list (I
FINALLY finished my 64+ digests and I am otherwise overwhelmed this
week).
--Doraine Bailey
Lexington-Fayette County Health Dept.
Lexington, KY, USA
Where, by the way, the thoroughbred horse meet is over -- and I'm still
waiting for Linda Smith to come in her bonnet and white gloves so I can
take her to watch the races! Maybe in April!?
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