i also thought of severed nerves but then someone pointed out correctly that early lactation or lactogenesis II is governed by the endocrine, not autocrine, system. or maybe the mom did experience a mild, transient fullness which was sort of overlooked, and then the autocrine system didn't kick in due to the severed nerves. however, perhaps you need to look for horses, not zebras. it could be retained placenta. i don't remember the original post, so not sure what other mommy or baby factors might play a part. Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN New Orleans Louisiana, s.e. USA _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html