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
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and Breastfeeding By Nancy Howat BSc (Hons), and Hilary Jacobson, CH.HU.SI.
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.
Transfer of metformin into human milk by T. W. Hale, J. H. Kristensen, L. P. Hackett, R. Kohan and K. F. Ilett, from Diabetologia 2002;45:1509–1514.
More studies on metformin and breastfeeding
