Gonneke,

Something sounds very amiss here.

<a history of very wet diapers>

Kidney failure results in the kidneys not being able to form urine, I
believe. Could the mother have gotten confused with a complicated
explanation the doc might have tried to give her??

There is such a thing as water intoxication from too much fluid intake,
especially fluids without electrolytes, like water. Something like that can
happen from IV fluids as well as oral fluids, I think.

And there is also diabetes insipidus, which I think is a pituitary disease
probably involving the anti-diuretic hormone. If that were to be the case,
breastmilk would certainly not be the cause!

Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, OH USA

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