Not exact matches
Research on IGT (also called
breast hypoplasia and tuberous
breasts) and its effect on lactation is almost nonexistent, with the most widely quoted study cobbled together in 2000 by enterprising nurses and lactation consultants
who assembled 33
breast - feeding women with
breast characteristics that they suspected were linked to low milk production.
Obstetricians, midwives, and perinatal nurses, pediatricians, and lactation consultants
who have contact with mothers in the immediate post partum period should be alert for and suspicious of mothers
who appear to have
breast hypoplasia and widely spaced
breasts.
Lactation consultants can be instrumental in orienting all of the health professionals
who have contact with pregnant and newly delivered women to this condition and the related implications of
breast hypoplasia.
Mothers
who appear to have
breast hypoplasia can and should be identified in the prenatal or immediate post partum period.