RE:
..a Mum today who has some elements of breast hypoplasia and history of low
milk supply with first baby, and now looking like a low supply with her
current 6 day old... was put on the oral contraceptive pill as a 12 year
old to manage very heavy periods...
Does anyone know if OCP's at this age would have a negative effect on
breast development?

I've wondered the same thing when watching TV ads for contraceptives
featuring smiling women proclaiming "I love having no period!".

If during each menstrual cycle throughout puberty & young adulthood,
proliferation
and differentiation of mammary gland tissue & active growth of duct tissue
happen to in response to that hormonal cycling--where does that leave this
upcoming generation of women?

Susan Lawrence

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