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Date: | Mon, 24 Nov 1997 00:20:17 +0200 |
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Becky wrote < And as far as I can
tell, having colostrum has nothing to do with later milk production. >>
And Denise wrote <Colostrum comes, then in a few days the endocrine (hormonal)
system kicks in followed in a few weeks by the autocrine sytem (milk
removal/stimulation).... Your moms are not following up the colostrum
production with homonal maintainance.>
This is what I have seen too when mothers have turned out to have lower than
normal breastmilk production in spite of everything (frequent nursing,
in-between pumping, medication to enhance supply etc.). However, I have
worked with two mothers who have subsequently produced absolutely *no*
breastmilk whatsoever, and have produced *no* colostrum either (one had
literally a "glisten" when the breast was expressed, the other was
absolutely "dry"). No reason that we could find, each one highly motivated
to breastfeed, heart-breaking. I guess just another variation that we could
see?
Pamela, Zimbabwe
Denise Breheny, RN, IBCLC
Fayetteville, NC
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