Sorry for the delay in reply, a bit behind. The query was - had Peter H done
some work on body temperature increase during breastfeeding (in regard to a
previous post which reported a woman who said she became febrile each time
she breastfed).

Peter has only done some thermography of the breast during a breastfeed and
found that the lactating breast is much hotter than a (contralateral) non
lactating breast in the same woman- up to 2 degrees C, I think (which is why
skin to skin is so important in thermoregulation). They also measured that
the breast temperature decreases significantly over a feed of 15 minutes
suggesting there may decreased milk synthesis as the feed progresses. This
work was unfortunately not continued as the PhD student transferred
elsewhere. But I'm pretty sure there was no basal body temperatures measured
and am not aware of any studies where there has been.

However my question would be was this a perceived or a measured increase in
maternal body temp during feeds? If measured what was the increase in temp?
I know a lot of women "feel hot" during a breastfed just due to the body
contact with their infant and perhaps(?) due to an increase in their
metabolism at the time of the feed.

Regards
Cathy Fetherston CM MSc IBCLC
Perth, Western Australia

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