Lactation failure

Lactation failure
Specialty	Family medicine

In breastfeeding, lactation failure may refer to:

• Primary lactation failure, a cause of low milk supply in breastfeeding mothers
• Cessation of breastfeeding before the mother had planned to stop, usually as a result of breastfeeding difficulties
• Low milk supply in general

Lactation failure can result in neonatal jaundice.

References

• Lawrence, Ruth A. (1986). "Maternal Factors in Lactation Failure". Human Lactation 2. Boston, MA: Springer US. pp. 283–291. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-7207-7_25. ISBN 978-1-4615-7209-1.
• Lawrence, Ruth (2016). Breastfeeding : a guide for the medical profession, 8th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. p. 836. ISBN 978-0-323-35776-0.