On Sun, 24 Jul 2005, Joanna Koch wrote: > But what about PCOS? Lisa Marasco published on this in JHL 2000. I > read consistently that it is"the most common endocrine > disorder...estimated to affect anywhere from 5-10% of all women." Ruth > Lawrence et al write "Insufficient milk supply has been observed in PCOS > women who classically do everything right..." (p 584 of 6th Edition of > Bfdg, A Guide for the medical profession.) Is this our smoking gun? I had a student whose PCOS was diagnosed after her baby was born. Her doc began to suspect PCOS mostly because she was never able to produce sufficient milk for her baby. She hadn't had any trouble conceiving, but she was never able to get her milk supply up even with a willing and enthusiastic nursling with a great latch and perfect positioning. :( This was particularly frustrating for this young primip who "did everything right" throughout her pregnancy but had a persistent breech baby... cesarean... and then couldn't make enough milk to breastfeed exclusively the way she wanted to. Poor thing is convinced that her body is broken now. :( Cee *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html