Diseases That Affect Breast-Feeding
Most women with chronic illnesses or infectious diseases can breast-feed.
Other diseases, though, may make breast milk unsafe for the baby. A woman should not breast-feed if she:
A rare hormonal disorder called Sheehan's syndrome makes a woman unable to produce milk or to produce enough milk to feed her baby. Sheehan's syndrome results from severe bleeding (hemorrhaging) immediately after giving birth.
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