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Insufficient Glandular Tissue[edit]
Insufficient Glandular Tissue (IGT) is a condition where a breastfeeding woman has Low milk supply due the absence of sufficient breast milk producing glandular tissue. IGT is often associated with Tuberous breasts or mammary hypoplasia.
Supplementation with a Supplemental nursing system
Definition[edit]
Signs and symptoms[edit]
insufficient milk supply, lack of breast changes during pregnancy, mammary hypoplasia.
Signs of insufficient milk supply
Diagnosis[edit]
Rule out other causes e.g. poor breastfeeding establishment/management, poor latch, weak suck, medical conditions such as thyroid, insulin resistance, hormonal imbalances (e.g. low prolactin).
Management[edit]
Supplementary feeding[edit]
donor milk infant formula
bottles supply line/SNS
Expressing[edit]
pumping and hand expression
Medications and herbs[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Template: [1]
Further reading[edit]
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Category:Breast diseases Category:Breastfeeding Category:Breast milk Category:Pathology of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Category:Infant feeding Category:Babycare Category:Human female endocrine system