Pat says,
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After the  measures that I
suggested failed, I suggested an ultrasound for retained  placenta. OB was
highly offended and said that she examines all placentas  thoroughly. There
was no possibility of retained placenta. And, as with  Jill, the only
symptom was lack of milk.>>
Yes, yes, yes.  This is not intended to be an indictment on the OB,  but so
many of them take it that way.  I'm sure it can happen to anyone --  and I'm
also quite sure that it would be relatively easy to miss a tiny piece of
placenta or membrane.  If only they would see that lack of milk that  doesn't
respond to anything else in the face of all other things being normal  COULD be the
symptom, and the ONLY symptom of retained particles.


<<Mother struggled for a few weeks, feeding formula,  and gave up trying to
get a milk supply going.  Then at about 4 weeks  she had a large bleed and
an ultrasound revealed a tiny placental  fragment.  The next day there was
the beginning of a milk supply. The  mother went on to get her supply to
adequacy, but this was after 4 weeks of  needless formula. If she hadn't fed
her first baby I doubt that she would  have worked to build her supply.>>


Pat, thanks for this story.  It confirms what I think all of us *know*  --
and perhaps our story will end the same way.  I've never ever prayed for
someone to have a postpartum bleed before, but I am now!!

Jan -- Frustrated Grammy de jour






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