Laurie,

Do they know the source of the mother's infertility? Is it related to her
injury, or something else?  Have her breasts been changing during the
pregnancy?  Those are two primary issues to investigate.

You might want to check out the article below, which discussed three
successful lactations of women with spinal cord injury, a situation which
may be similar to what your mother is facing. With one "good" side, she may
get enough stimulation hormonally, though how the local feedback will work
in the one breast should be very interesting to observe.

Beyond that, acupuncture might be of benefit should she need additional
stimulation; it seems to work quite well in certain situations, stimulating
both prolactin and oxytocin without the use of medications.

~Lisa Marasco

Cowley KC. Psychogenic and pharmacologic induction of the let-down reflex
can facilitate breastfeeding by tetraplegic women: a report of 3 cases. Arch
Phys Med Rehabil. 2005 Jun;86(6):1261-4.

Wang HC, An JM, Han Y, Huang LN, Zhao JW, Wei LX, Dong L, Zhai GR, Li XP,
Yang AJ, Gu M. [Multicentral randomized controlled studies on acupuncture at
Shaoze (SI 1) for treatment of postpartum hypolactation] Zhongguo Zhen Jiu.
2007 Feb;27(2):85-8. Chinese. (Just found this- would love to get a
translated copy! I do have another one on the topic)

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