Lactation failure
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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
- Inability to establish breastfeeding, which may be caused by delayed onset of lactation
Lactation failure can result in neonatal jaundice.[1]
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