Any type of physiologic shock or crisis during
lactation can impair milk supply, even something as
seemingly innocuous as surgery.

Physiologic crisis (regardless of the cause) triggers
the body to increase blood supply to organs necessary
for the survival of the individual--the brain, heart,
and lungs.  Unfortunately for nursing infants, the
body of a mother undergoing such a crisis does not
perceive the glandular breast tissue as essential to
the mother's survival; blood supply shunted away from
the breast to the vital organs can lead to decreased
milk production.  Fortunately for the "big picture" of
lactation, this is a transient and reversible effect
in most cases.

Carole Jernigan
RN, BSN, LC (yaaay!)

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Find a job, post your resume.
http://careers.yahoo.com

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