Dear JP,
       I would be extremely cautious about advising a mother to use Depo to
increase her milk.  While some mothers experience an increase as a happy side
effect of that particular method of birth control, others experience quite
significant and often devastating (due to the rather permanent nature--3 months
long) drops in milk supply.  And this problem is not limited to mothers who
receive the shot shortly after birth.  I was once contacted by a mother who had
had premature twins.  The twins were born 3 months early, were now 4 months old
(1 month corrected), and mom had finally gotten them both to the point where
they were completely breastfeeding with no supplement.  At 4 months postpartum,
she got a Depo shot.  Within 48 hours, her breasts were back to prepregnancy
size and she didn't have a drop of milk.  At this point in time, there doesn't
seem to be any way to look at a mother and say whether or not Depo will
decrease her supply.
       Dee

Dee Kassing, BS, MLS, IBCLC
Collinsville, Illinois, in central USA

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