Read a few posts about insufficient glandular tissue recently and just
wanted to pass on an interesting article about it. Haven't heard of any
follow up with this treatment, but it appears that progesterone really
helped this one mom!

1: J Hum Lact. 1999 Dec;15(4):339-43. Links
Patient with insufficient glandular tissue experiences milk supply increase
attributed to progesterone treatment for luteal phase defect.Bodley V,
Powers D.
Deaconess Family Birth Center, MT, USA.

A case report is presented on the experience of a mother diagnosed with
insufficient glandular tissue at 3 months postpartum with her first child
who then went on to breastfeed her second child (fifth pregnancy) without
supplementation of any kind. The mother had difficulty becoming pregnant and
maintaining a pregnancy. She was diagnosed with a luteal phase defect and
was thus treated with natural progesterone during her fifth pregnancy. The
authors speculate that this treatment may have stimulated the development of
her mammary alveolar cells, allowing lactation to progress normally.

PMID: 10776184 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10776184?ordinalpos=7&itool=EntrezSystem2
..PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Marie Farver
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