Here's my 2 cents.  I'm a lawyer, not a medical professional.  I'm *ahem*
closer to obese than malnourished.  I'm Rubenesque (if you know what I
mean).  I produced milk the likes of which my midwife had never seen.
Without a bra, I soaked sheets and the milk dripped onto the floor.  I
leaked constantly for the first 18 (yes, 18) months that I nursed my
children (2 for a total of 4 years).  If there's something to this, it's not
in my family.  My grandmother tells stories of nursing her babes and the
milk would soak through her dress and pool on the floor.  Her body type is
like mine (only shorter).  Maybe we're anomolies.  Maybe there needs to be
more research.  Maybe it's more of body image than prolactin.  Whoever knows
the answer can educate me.

Shannon Lee Denney

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Date:    Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:13:10 -0700
From:    Jan Aken <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Obese Women and Breastfeeding

Friends,
I found that this to be true in my practice more where obese women
stopped breastfeeding than the run of mill non-obese. But what I found
was these women did not produce   sufficient amount milk. My thinking
was always that the weight of the fat on the mammary ducts caused an
almost tight binder or crushing effect the in the breast secretory cells
and thus causing the breast to go into a pseudo weaning mode.
Just my opinion.
Jan Aken RN IBCLC


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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ellen Penchuk, IBCLC
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 12:03 PM
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Subject: Obese Women and Breastfeeding

I came across this article this afternoon:

http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/July04/obesemoms.breastfeed.ssl.htm
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Ellen Penchuk, IBCLC, RLC

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