Barbara W-C comments on Lisa M's post....


> .  I can almost predict that the milk supply
> will come in at the same rate that the swelling in the limbs diminishes.
> I've speculated that the edema somehow interfers with prolactin receptors,
> so I was intreigued at the idea that pitocin augmented deliveries might
> cause upregulation of oxytocin.  I don't guess having extra oxytocin helps
> you much if there isn't any milk to work with.
> Have any of the rest of you observed that connection with soft breasts and
> delayed onset and these moms with hypertension around delivery and swelling
> in the extremeties?
>

No question about it, Barbara.  In fact, one of my history questions -- were
you induced?  How long was the Pitocin running?  Are your legs/hands more
swollen this morning than they were before you went into labor?  And then we
discuss the side effects of Pitocin, and the fact that (depending on how much
swelling there is), her milk will probably be delayed by "a bit."  I
encourage her to eat lots of watermelon and cucumbers; drink caffeine, and
try and pee off as much of this extra fluid as possible.  But it's been my
experience that until there is at least some decrease in the edema,
lactogenesis II is delayed.

See my previous post on mom's own oxytocin receptors and release being
squelched r/t use of Pitocin.

Jan in Wheaton

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