Dear Friends:
     Hmmmm, Barbara is making me wonder. Is prolactin water soluable, so
would filling a woman up with liquid (typically 6-12 pounds worth along with
a hormone) have a negative impact on milk volume increase?
     One's blood proteins, osmotic capacities and other biochemical activity
gets changed when there is a lot of fluid on board. Plus the pounding of
pitocin forces fluid into everything. We have already discussed here on
LACTNET about IVs and pitocin inflating infant weights....
     What do you all think?
     Warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI, CCE, craniosacral therapy
Adjunct faculty, Union Institute and University, Maternal and Child Health:
Lactation Consulting
Supporting the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative

             ***********************************************

To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]

The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html