Greetings!

I've just done a check of the archives (great tool) and I'm still not
very clear on how soon a mother's milk supply can increase when a
retained placental fragment is finally removed. Perhaps those of you
with more experience in this area can help.

A friend of mine is working with a first time mom who has struggled with
a low milk supply since baby's birth.  Mom has bad cramping and red
bleeding for 7 weeks, but her concerns were brushed off by her Dr.  She
insisted something was wrong, because she is nursing "all the time,"
pumping and occasionally supplementing afterward, yet baby is gaining
slowly.

Because mom had a c-section, the doc ruled out a retained fragment and
assumed mom was a worrier. Well, guess what?  Mom is having a D&C
tomorrow for a retained placental fragment.

My question is, how soon (if at all) will mom's milk supply increase? Is
the "window of opportunity" gone? Some archive posts suggest there will
be a gradual increase, while other posts cite an immediate, overnight
increase of milk supply.

Should this mom continue to nurse and pump? Or can her supply increase
with just the baby suckling? How else can we help this mom?

Thanks,
Heidi in Albuquerque, NM

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