I was recently talking with a colleage who had problems breastfeeding
both babies.  Baby #1 was in the hospital and received bottles for a
week before breastfeeding was attempted.  At 8 months of age he was
diagnosed with diabetes insipidis and put on hydrochlorothiazide.

With baby #2, mom initially had tremendous oversupply problems.  She was
advised by a lactation consultant to do one-sided feedings.  Another
consultant saw her at 6 weeks because baby kept crying and pulling off
the breast.  The consultant felt the baby had thrush, although he had no
white spots in his mouth.  The mother was advised to take the baby to
the doctor.  When she did, they discovered the baby had a very high
sodium level.  He was diagnosed with diabetes insipidis and put on
hydrochlorothiazide. Breastfeeding was apparently abandoned somewhere
around this time.

All of this happened several years ago.  Both the consultants she saw
are very knowledgable IBCLCs.

Our question is?  Could the diabetes insipidis have caused breastfeeding
problems, particularly in baby#2.  Mom says that both children must
drink huge amounts of water as they are unable to concentrate urine.
She says they have the type of diabetes insipidis related to kidney
function and not to the abscence of a hormone.

Please e-mail privately as well as to the list.  I now have nearly 200
unread messages.

Bonnie Jones, RN, IBCLC from the southwest USA

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