Recall Mechell Turner includes alfalfa in her supply-building protocol.

Alfalfa - Medicago sativa - member of the legume family (fenugreek, goat's
rue, licorice, clover, soy, peanuts) contains isoflavones: daidzein,
formononetin, genistein and biochanin - phytoestrogens.  The seed and sprouts
at least, contain alkaloids ( stachydrine, l-homostachydrine) that Duke
references as lactogenic.  Plant also contains similar compounds ( choline,
trimethylamine, betaine). One animal study showed increased prolactin levels
with alfalfa.

I've also run into oversupply secondary to alfalfa consumption (some 15
capsules powdered leaf/day taken for non-breastfeeding reason) which resolved
when alfalfa stopped.  This was in an individual who had successfully managed
a tendency to oversupply with previous children but didn't know alfalfa's
reputation.

Always worth asking what foods and herbs a mom may be using.  So, can anyone
down under tell us what's in vegemite and or marmite?

Sheila Humphrey
BSc  RN  IBCLC
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