Lynette writes:
 
<<My baby is now 1 month  old, and we are exclusively breastfeeding, and  
still only on the left  side.  The most milk I have ever gotten from  
the right has been  40 ml, and that is after sleeping 8 hours with no  
pumping or  breastfeeding on that side.   I plan to see a breast  
surgeon  to ask to have some imaging done, and possibly an  
endocrinologist to  look for subtle hormonal issues, but I have a  
feeling that this is  going to remain a mystery.>>


 
Lynette!!  My  goodness!  You are the first person that I've heard of with 
that story --  except ME!  And mine was the left breast, not the right.  And it 
was  the third child after two successful breastfeeding experiences with the 
older  ones.
 
But this was over 22 years ago,  and he is the reason I'm a lactation 
consultant.  We have no clue as to why  no milk -- I never produced more than 3 drops 
in the left side.  I  continued to pump and nurse him on that side for 7 
months anyway, thinking that  maybe, surely, something SHOULD happen.  It never 
did.  Finally gave  it up and nursed him exclusively on the right.
 
The only thing I ever came up  with was that I had a mastitis (not horrendous 
-- certainly not as bad as some  I've seen) with baby number 2, and milk 
production decreased (but not ceased) in  the left breast (much to my dismay as I 
enjoyed nursing on the left side more  than on the right).  But with Timothy 
-- it was deader than a  doornail.  I've had numerous mammograms and breast 
exams since then, and  nothing.
 
That was the lactational  mystery of the last century.  You can now join me 
in wondering what on  earth could happen that could cause such a unique 
thing.....




Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC

_Lactation Education  Consultants_ 
(http://www.lactationeducationconsultants.com/)  






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