Thanks so much, Catherine - reading the actual paper is a help :) :) 

I have been able to read the news reports only. I remain sceptical that the outcome led to the full and exclusive breastfeeding reported, however, as the versions I have read say the amount produced was eight oz per day - way below what would be needed for a baby beyond the first few days postnatal. Perhaps the news reports got this bit wrong? 

Heather Welford Neil
UK

> On 18 Feb 2018, at 9:07 pm, Catherine Watson Genna BS, IBCLC <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I read the journal article by Reisman and Goldstein that the media stories were based on:
> 
> Reisman, T., & Goldstein, Z. (2018). Case Report: Induced Lactation in a Transgender Woman. /Transgender Health/, /3/(1), 24-26.
> 
> It was very well documented, including blood levels of different hormones throughout the process of inducing lactation. The patient had been taking feminizing hormones for 6 years, and already had Tanner stage V breasts when estrogen, progesterone, domperidone and breast pumping began, 3.5 months before the baby's births. The authors confirmed with the infant's pediatrician that growth and other health parameters were normal for an exclusively bf infant.
> 
> Catherine Watson Genna BS, IBCLC  NYC  www.cwgenna.com
> 
>> On 2/18/2018 12:45 PM, heather wrote:
>> Like many people around the world, I have read about this supposed medical breakthrough - reported uncritically in many news outlets online and elsewhere.
>> 
>> I find the presentation and the narrative to be not credible as science.
>> 
>> Has anyone here looked at the endocrinologcal regime and calculated whether the stated outcome - full and exclusive breastfeeding for six weeks - is likely?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Heather Welford Neil
>> UK
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