WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 1999: Re: PCOS and lactation

Re: PCOS and lactation

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sat, 31 Jul 1999 10:34:58 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 30 Jul 1999, lisa wrote: >
>Three years ago I was diagnosed with PCOS. After five long years of
>trying to conceive and completing paperwork for adoption, we found out
>we were pregnant and now have been blessed with a beautiful baby girl.
>It did take some assistance from injectables. I had I have pcos, and have never been pregnant. I do have a constant problem with discharge from my breasts. My doctor says that some women, with pcos do have slight elevations in prolactin that cause this. I have never heard anything about women with pocs having difficulty breastfeeding. planned to
>breastfeed exclusively after the birth of our daughter. I am
>experiencing low milk supply and seem unable to increase the amount of
>milk I produce. I have visited a lactation nurse twice and it was she
>that indicated that PCOS patients were showing difficulty nursing. While
>searching for suggestions to improve milk supply, I happened upon a
>cause for low milk supply, underdeveloped breasts (tubular hypoplastic).
>Are underdeveloped brests a common symptom of PCOS? And if so, is there
>any treatment to improve this? I have tried pumping in addition to a
>supplemental feeder and nursing followed by a bottle. I must admit that
>all of this extra work is exhausting and question how long i will be
>able to keep this up. I need to supplement at this time. If there is a
>trend for difficulty with lactation in PCO women and no known treatment,
>should I abandon my efforts and just bottle feed since I am
>supplementing with this anyway?
>
>--
>lfanning@radiks.net
>

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