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Posted for a colleague....
Any help would be gratefully received.
Many thanks,
Clare Claughton.
>
> Would you do me a big favour of posting this on Lactnet.
>
> I'm supporting a mother who is awaiting a diagnosis, but it looks
like
> its one or the other of these two. Two close female family members
have
> had hip-replacements in middle-age, so it's likely she has a
> predisposition to low calcium levels in her bones.
>
> She's now feeding her third baby, who is approaching one month; but
> following an MRI scan confirming problems in her hip, she's coming
to
> terms with winding down breastfeeding. She has a lot of faith in her
> obstetric consultant who has been in contact with a bone professor
in
> Liverpool - their strong advice is to stop feeding now because it
seems
> she really is vulnerable to fractures while she's feeding.
>
> Anyone have any knowledge or experience of the condition or
supporting a
> mother like this? I was wondering about partial feeding?
>
> The mother has given me permission to ask for as much info as
possible.
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