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patty belkin <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 3 Jun 2005 21:38:25 +0000
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I HAVE PERMISSION TO POST.
I'M SEEING A 32 YEAR OLD MOM OF A 3 DAY OLD.
SHE HAS TEENY BREASTS, WIDELY SPACED APART. BOTH BREASTS APPEAR AS NON 
PREGNANT/LACTATING.
ON DAY 2  I WAS ABLE TO EXPRESS ALMOST NO COLOSTRUM .  AFTER SHE FED IN THE 
OFFICE THE BABY GAINED NO WT AND WAS AT A 9% WT LOSS.  I STARTED HER WITH A 
FDG TUBE AT THE BREAST AND ON FENUGREEK.
ON DAY 3 HER BREASTS ARE VERY SLIGHTLY FULLER. COLOSTRUM WAS STILL SCANT TO 
EXPRESS.  SHE IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE FDG TUBE.  SHE IS GOING TO ADD BLESSED 
MILK THISELE.
UPON CAREFUL QUESTIONING SHE REPORTED THAT SHE HAS ALSO HAD EITHER MISSED OR 
SCANT PERIODS  ALL HER LIFE, WITH NO MENSTRUAL CRAMPS.  SHE FOUND THIS 
UNUSUAL AS ALL HER FRIENDS' EXPERIENCES WERE QUITE DIFFERENT BUT NO ONE EVER 
SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT TO HER. SHE HAD NO DIFFICULTY GETTING PREGNANT.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IDEAS ABOUT IF THIS FITS INTO THE PCOS SPECTRUM, HOW 
PEOPLE HAVE HELPED THESE MOMS INCREASE THERE MILK PRODUCTION AND IF WE ARE 
UNSUCCESSFUL IS THERE A MILK BANK WE CAN LOOK INTO SO SHE CAN FEED HER 
BREAST MILK.
THANKS
PATTY KRUMHOLTZ-BELKIN IBCLC MSN PNP

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