Well, I did not mean to send that question after all, as you can tell by the
opening of studying for the exam. Haha. Which thankfully I did pass so I
don't have to climb under a rock or change my name and move to a faraway place.
Haha.
But, I guess if there is an answer, I would still like to know it for the
supply question, and as for glandular tissue, that was ages ago, and here it is
being discussed again but relating to pcos.
I too find it is very hard to be the bearer of bad news. However, I also
think who better to do so than one of us....someone who actually believes her
breastfeeding matters! So many will tell her there is not enough, or
whatever, who won't value her loss, won't see the big deal with her sadness because
as far as they are concerned it is no big deal to breastfeed. But, we know.
We know it matters and that her loss is real and may be sad for her. We will
be able to help her find a perspective and protect as much of the
relationship of breastfeeding as possible -- even if we can't help her with a full
supply. We are the ones to know that the breastfeeding is the process as well as
the product and she can keep the one even if she can't completely have the
other. So, yes it makes us feel bad as we want to 'fix it' and that feeling
is hard, but as often as I have had to be the bearer of bad news, I am always
glad it came from me and not someone who just thinks babies and bottles go
together.
Interesting...I wrote the original posts ages ago and just go sidetracked
and forgot they were there or someone else said it better. And here we are
again dealing with lack of milk, how to share the news, why it happens, how to
help, etc. Seems to me that as the number of mothers breastfeeding grows,
the more we will be aware of complications. Thinking that years ago these
mothers would just have never asked for help so we assumed the issues didn't
exist in such numbers. Even today, I wonder how many women have milk supply
issues that are not addressed by lactation consultants, and instead they just
quit. Or who never planned to breastfeed, and never notice that their milk
never came. I have been doing this for 15 years plus as both volunteer and LC
and I see many more women with true lack of milk than I did in years past.
And, I don't mean mismanaged breastfeeding, I mean lack of production
period...no Lact. II at all even by 2 or 3 weeks. I have seen many with delays of up
to a 7 days. Many with barely there milk that takes weeks to be a full supply
and even then only with galactagogues. I think we are only beginning to
understand some of the reasons for this, but I would like to see us understand
more. It bothers me that we don't have much research about the function of
female mammary glands and solutions. Why can't they find a little pill for
women to take when they have mammary gland dysfunction? It would be so nice if
along with the bad news, I had a real solution that would solve the problem.
Take care,
Pam MazzellaDiBosco, IBCLC, RLC
Florida, USA
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