Exactly a year ago, I was scrambling to find information on a totally failed milk supply with a second baby. She had pneumonia at delivery, and never progressed beyond drops. (Her first words after her baby's birth: "I... can't... breathe.") The verdict, finally, confirmed by MRI, is Sheehan's Syndrome, brought on not by blood loss but by hypoxia, which of course amounts to the same thing as far as the pituitary is concerned. Her situation is complicated by long-standing diabetes, and she's steeling herself for all the added pills and injections that permanent pituitary damage involves. She would love to talk with other women who have Sheehan's Syndrome. Do any of you have clients who'd like to share with her? I've assured her that Lactnet will turn up something! And a corollary in my own mind, without any medical base beyond what seems like logic: If a woman near the end of pregnancy is having breathing problems, consider supplemental oxygen! A pituitary is too important to lose. -- Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC Ithaca, NY www.wiessinger.baka.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html