>I have a new client trying to stimulate her supply.  She has had her
>prolactin levels tested and was told by her HCP that they were some
>of the lowest they had ever seen.  Her baby is 9 months old,


Do you mean her prolactin levels were tested recently, Melisa? But
prolactin levels are pretty low by then naturally, whether you are bf
or not. Prolactin levels are only high in the days and weeks after
birth. They drop pretty quickly. Milk supply is not dependent on
prolactin levels once bf is truly underway.

Not sure if boosting prolactin levels (I assume you mean artifically)
would help at this stage - even if it could be done. Someone on this
list is sure to know, though : )


>she has had to supplement him from day one
>
Well, maybe that's the major reason why she has not managed to build
up a milk supply - plain 'ol' fashioned' early supplementation....so
often done, so rarely necessary, so often harmful : (

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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