Not exact matches
Not a lot is known about the causes of mammary
hypoplasia, but there is likely a genetic link (women
who have it often say that no one in their family was able to breastfeed).
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.
It can be frustrating for a mother
who really does have
hypoplasia / IGT to keep being asked «have you tried X or Y,» but each well - intentioned care provider
who asks such questions seeks to rule out the causes for low milk production that are far more common (and for which there are often effective fixes).
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.
It can be frustrating for a mother
who really does have
hypoplasia / IGT to be asked over and over again, «Have you tried X or Y?»
Watching an affected cat as it tries to move is very sad for someone
who isn't familiar with cerebellar
hypoplasia, but the condition doesn't get any worse once a kitten is born and isn't painful.
We also nurtured and fell in love with two very special kittens, Weeble and Tinsel,
who both have Cerebellar
Hypoplasia, a neurological condition that compromises their coordination.
Dogs like Blaze, an international rescue from the Cayman Islands,
who arrived with his front left leg amputated at the wrist, and Mars, a handsome Pointer mix born with cerebellar
hypoplasia that reduced his neurologic functions and caused him to have uncoordinated movements and tremors.