To: FW: Drop in milk supply Baby 7 months old.

From: Vickie R. Nizin LC  (Nursing Mothers/Healthy Babies)

What an interesting challenge you are having with this mother of a 7 
month old whose milk supply seems to be on the fragile side (easily 
drops in quantity). I would like to share the following thoughts which 
you have already considered:

1. Check her thyroid function (T3, T4, and TSH levels)

2. Rule out a surprise and undiscovered pregnancy

3. Is her baby breastfeeding at night or sleeping a substantial amount 
during the night

4. Pacifier use?

5. Did the mother do a lot of things over the vacation time that might 
have been stressful?

6. Is she dieting? What is her weight, eating habits?  Could there be 
an eating disorder undiagnosed?

7. Does she have a stressful household, relationship with babies 
father, grief issues?

8. That she has had cranial sacral issues - did she experience poor 
breastfeeding in the beginning which could have led to a decrease in 
the prolactin receptor cells leading to a lower supply now?

9. What does her baby breastfeed like? Is she a quick feeder, poor 
latcher, does not drain the breast effectively ? And what is the babies 
growth like? You never mentioned weight.

10. Also are there other siblings, and is mother a single parent.

I worked with a mother who had cesarian birth and the baby needed some 
cranial sacral work which she never received. She just did not take the 
breast fully enough into her mouth and by the 3 to 4 month mark the 
baby was not gaining well.  With the help of herbs, latch advice and 
breast compression (as described by Dr. Jack Newman) , and a scale to 
determine intake the baby began to feed better.  Part of the challenge 
was for the mother to be more observant of what was occurring and also 
growing to trust the process. Her baby it turns out grew like she did , 
slightly on the slender side.  Now at 15 months she is nursing and 
eating, and extraordinarily advanced neurologically.

Well good luck, and this mom is lucky to have you as her champion.

Vickie R. Nizin
		

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