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Home > Breastfeeding > Common Concerns > Mom Breastfeeding and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)Many moms with PCOS have no problems with breastfeeding, but recent research is showing that mothers with PCOS are at greater risk for insufficient milk supply. On the other hand, about one-third of women with PCOS report problems with oversupply (perhaps this is connected with the hyperprolactinemia - elevated prolactin levels - that occurs in about 20% of moms with PCOS). PCOS and Breastfeeding. Interview with Lisa Marasco, MA, IBCLC Breastfeeding and PCOS: Living and Feeding With Low Milk Supply by Krissi Danielsson PCOS and Breastfeeding by Carolyn Griffith Kelley, PhD, from Breastfeeding Update, October 2003;3(3):1. San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Connection to Insufficient Milk Supply? by Lisa Marasco, Chele Marmet and Ellen Shell, from Journal of Human Lactation 2000; 16(2): 143-148. Briggs GG, Ambrose PJ, Nageotte MP, Padilla G, Wan S. Excretion of Metformin Into Breast Milk and the Effect on Nursing Infants. Obstet Gynecol 2005;105:1437-1441.
Lisa Marasco's master's thesis is available through the Lactation Institute in Encino, California. It's entitled "Insufficient Milk Supply: Common Factors and Relationship to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome". Hoover K. Insufficient Milk Supply. In: Walker M, ed. Core Curriculum for Lactation Consultant Practice. Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 2002, p. 223. Mohrbacher N, Stock J. The Breastfeeding Answer Book, Third Revised Ed. Schaumburg, Illinois: La Leche League International, 2003, p. 164. Riordan J. Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, 3rd ed. Boston and London: Jones and Bartlett, 2004, p. 462. Wilson-Clay B, Hoover K. The Breastfeeding Atlas, Second Ed. Austin, Texas: LactNews Press, 2002, p. 67.
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