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Jennifer Tow <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:30:03 -0500
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Brenda writes:

On Jan 22, 2007, at 12:10 PM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:

> Hello. I posted about this same situation about 2 years ago. Same  
> mother,
> same problem. She has what is called a "fatty liver". With first  
> baby mother
> SNSed for 2 months and her milk never came in. This is her second  
> try at it
> and still no milk on day 7. With first baby mother tried Reglan  
> with no
> effect. She tells me that her insulin levels were a bit off before
> pregnancy, and her thryoid is normal. She has not had either her  
> thryoid or
> insulin levels checked since baby was born.
>
> If anyone has an answer for how fatty liver effects milk supply,  
> this mother
> (and I) would be very intrested.


Brenda,
I don't know what was done between pregnancies, but healthy liver  
function is essential to healthy hormone synthesis and function. I  
always include optimizing the nutritional profile, as much as any  
mother is willing, when milk supply is at a very low ebb. One cannot  
necessarily throw a lot of supplements at a mom with a fatty liver,  
but nutrition is essential as is exercise(and fatty liver can lead to  
cirrhosis and death). I would encourage her to see a nutritionist  
(preferably one who is skilled with herbs). The supplement Silophost  
is a milk thistle extract that is very effective for liver detox and  
milk thistle is also a known galactogogue.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
http://healinghumanpotential.blogspot.com/

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