Milk production with PCOS?

Question

When the baby is born, I worry about breast feeding. I really want to, it's better for her health and it's great for bonding. But having PCOS means my hormones will return to crap after she's born and I run a really high risk of not producing milk.
Has anyone had this issue? Any advise? I've heard that metformin is really good for it but I dont know how that effects the baby? What will she get from my milk?  If I produce any.

Answer

I have pcos and are still breastfeeding my 15 month old. Here is what I have to say: It is fucking hard work!!! I was ready to give up many times. My husband was my cheerleader and without him I probably wouldn’t have made it this far.
My milk didn’t come in until 5 days postpartum, so we had to supplement. When my milk finally came in I was not producing enough because my son was already used to a certain amount. My nipples were bleeding and so painful. I was ready to just give up and just give formula, but my husband knew how important breastfeeding was for me. He would bring me the baby at night or clean my pump pieces. I think around 6-8 weeks was the last time we gave him formula and he was exclusively breastfed after that. I did have a lactation consultant come to my house 3 times to do weighted feeds and help with positioning. I love breastfeeding and my so is super happy and healthy. It is really something you have to work on and sadly it doesn’t come natural to most women.

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I’m concerned about this too. Im taking a breastfeeding class this weekend and plan on asking then. Also most insurance companies pay for a certain amount of meetings with a lactation consultant after the baby is born, I think ours covers 6, so look into that bc that would be very helpful!

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I personally had to supplement with mostly formula but still tries to bf & I pumped for 4 months until I got to the point where I was maybe getting a whole ounce a day... unfortunately I never pumped enough at one time for a full feeding.  I do know other women with pcos who had no issues exclusively bfing

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I restarted my metformin as soon as possible after birth. I was only off of it during pregnancy. My baby is in the nicu so milk production was incredibly important! After metformin my milk has been right on schedule and I have a surplus for him! He has been growing and doing super well! 
I restarted metformin at the suggestion of my lactation consultant. 
Its going well!

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Everybody’s PCOS symptoms vary, so you may be totally fine with milk production, and there are things to do to help bring your milk in if it’s slow. My milk was slow to come in, so I supplemented with formula at first (for baby to stay hydrated and not lose too much weight) and I pumped for 15 minutes with a medical-grade double pump after every feeding (every 3 hours). I also tried some tea and herbal supplements that my midwife approved, on the theory that they wouldn’t hurt even if they didn’t help. After a week or so, my supply came in. 
Remember that fed is best, whatever form that needs to take. (It can be hard, I know!)

Milk production with PCOS?

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