I recently met a new mother whose record showed she had suffered from PCOS
before pregnancy.  She got pregnant spontaneously.  I had not had time to
read the record before seeing her, which was just for the baby's PKU test.
He weighed 3830 g (about 8 lb 7 oz) at birth and had lost 200 g (7 oz) by
the third day, when she went home.  She thought she might have mastitis when
I saw her, but she didn't.  The baby was then 5 days old, and weighed in at
3930 g (8 lb 10 oz) and has never had anything but a breast in his mouth.
So in this case, at least, PCOS was not associated with low milk supply.

Rachel Myr, in Norway, where figures released today show that 80% of babies
here are still breastfed at 6 months, though there are some age and social
differences.  Among younger women it is under 70%, and among older,
well-educated women it is 90%.  Wow!  The survey only looked at babies 6
months old so we don't have fresh figures on rates later than that.

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