I have received no response to my post from 6/9 concerning cholesterol &
triglyceride levels in breastfeeding women, so I'm trying one more time.
Does anyone know if these levels would be higher when a woman
breastfeeds than when she is not lactating?  Ruth Lawrence has values
for breastfeeding infants and also has a section discussing the values
for adolescents & young adults who were breastfed in infancy, but no
where are levels in the lactating woman mentioned.  I have a client
whose doctor is encouraging her to wean so they can do an "accurate
measurement" on a lipid profile.  The doctor is telling her the levels
will be elevated because she is still breastfeeding a 13-month old.  I
am unable to find anything to correlate or refute that.  The obvious
implication is that breastfeeding is somehow potentially contributory to
heart disease.
 
Can anyone give me a lead?
 

P.D. Gordon, RN, BSN, IBCLC 
Breastfeeding Coordinator 
Delaware WIC Program 


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