Dear Lyla,
       A tiny piece of retained placenta no larger than the tip of your
little finger *can* produce enough hormones to prevent a mother from producing a
drop of breastmilk.  But it is not always that way.  I knew a mother of twins
with significant amounts of retained placenta, but she had all the milk her
twins needed.  As with most things, the effect of RPF can be found along a
continuum between severe effect and no effect on milk production.
       Dee

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

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