I feel very certain that I have 4 cases of women who never established 
good milk supplies or lost a good supply due to placenta capsules. I 
feel that I have a good understanding of lactational physiology and I 
can almost always determine 'where the lesion is' for women with a low 
supply. In these cases, these women should absolutely have had good 
supplies. One of the women stuck with it and didn't respond to 
galactogogues until 2 months after she stopped the placenta capsules. 
She then noticed that her supply gradually climbed to a near full 
supply. This delayed response to galactogogues makes sense if her low 
supply was due to the placenta.
  I spoke to a mammary biologist re this, who agrees that this 
connection is plausible. It makes great sense to me because of how other 
hormones such as the progesterone only pill, prednisone, estrogen, and 
of course a retained placental fragment can impact milk supply. I have 
heard that some women feel that taking their placenta enhances their 
milk, but this is the yin/yang of medicines. Paradoxical responses 
happen to all sorts of supplements and prescription meds.
I warn women not to take their placenta.
Anne

Anne Eglash MD, FABM, IBCLC
Clinical Professor
Dept of Family Medicine
Medical Director UW Lactation Clinic
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
600 N. 8th St.
Mount Horeb, WI, 53572

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