Mary Kay Smith wrote (in part):

"I recently worked with a mom who had an IUFD (intrauterine fetal death)
at 20 weeks but was nursing a 10 month old. The resident who ordered a
breast pump for her (because she was still nursing) got a physiology
lesson from me. Mom then said, "oh that's why he is having loose stools
and pulls away from the breast." I told her that all she needed to do
was go home and nurse her toddler and her milk would come back."

I would like to add that while milk may well return after a fetal death
for a younger nursling breastfeeding often, it may not necessarily for an
older child.  When my son was 3 years old, the baby I was carrying died
in utero at 16 weeks (baby's body didn't deliver until 36 weeks).  My son
had been nursing around 3-4 times a day, not at all at night, and there
had been some milk still.  A few weeks after the baby died, my milk dried
up completely.  Although my son continued to nurse at the breast for
another 10 months, I never did get any milk back.  So, I guess my point
is, as so often in these sorts of things, "your mileage may vary."

Penny Piercy, MA, MLS
Accredited lay breastfeeding counselor
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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(currently happily breastfeeding the voracious Sarah, age 14 months--big
brother Patrick is
5-1/2 now and likes to tell perfect strangers how breastfeeding makes
babies fat and happy)

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