HELP.... I've Got a Question for All the Breastfeeding Moms.

Can you get yourself a copy of The Breastfeeding Book by Martha & William Sears? I just checked my copy and there is a very thorough section on medication and breastfeeding. The two drugs you mention are listed as OK. Also they say that only 1% or less of the drugs will pass through to your milk and that it's better to take frequent doses rather than more concentrated dose once a day if possible.

Hope you feel better soon!

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Yeah, its kind of weird how hydrocodone is OK to take but I breast feed both my girls for 14 months and had painful clogged milk ducts and was also but on an antibiotic and pain pills for short use. I would finish your pills and keep breast feeding since it is so important for your little boy! I can't believe they recommended you putting him on formula:( Was it the hospital that told you to put him on formula why you finished up your pills? They seem to always push formula in the hospital, if you talk to a lactation specialist I think it would be better to nurse on the pills then to stop breastfeeding and switch to formula. Good luck and I hope this helped:)

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Vicoden is hydrocodone and yes it is fine to take while breast feeding. There is a book out there I recomend EVERY breast feeding mother buy, its called Medications and Mothers Milk, this is the book most doctors look in to see if medications are ok for breast feeding mothers to take. The book rates meds: L1 safe, L2 safer, L3 moderatley safe, L4 possibly hazardous, L5 contraindicated. Here is what it says about your 2 meds. #1 Amoxicillin- no ped. concerns level L1. #2 Hydrocodone- no ped. concerns level L2.

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Hey it sounds like you got a lot of good advice already but I just wanted to add that my husband is a PA and he looked up the drug for me and vicodin is classified as "safety unknown" for breast feeding. He would suggest that unless you are in crazy amounts of pain just switch to tylenol or motrin. Hope this helps!

One of the best sites for breastfeeding and questions, is www.breastfeeding.com

They have a link about medications that may be helpful:
http://www.breastfeeding.com/helpme/answer_medications_bf...

Breast of Luck!
C. :)

When I had my second son I was sent home with hydrocodone. My third son was born in January and I went home with Demoral. I also breastfeed exclusively. I do not know why you would be able to take these pain medications after childbirth and breastfeed and not now. Maybe because your milk has not "come in" yet right after birth, but I can say my milk was in within a couple days and I took pain medication for at least a week, week and a half for a c-section. I would maybe get a second opinion. Did you ask your ob-gyn?

hydrocodone is perciset if i recall and i was on it after i came home and breastfed as directed by my doctor...

so i think you should call your dr and get the ok. if you stop the meds to stop your son's suffering, it will make it worse because your infection won't go away and it will prolong the illness andyour inability to get back to a normal schedule!

I think that is what they gave me for pain after delivery also. I would just call his ped and double check.

They are probably recommending that you not breastfeed because of the antibiotic. I had a friend who got an ear infection and had to pump and dump because of the antibiotic. If I were you, I would contact your child's pediatrician and ask if they have any suggestions for his constipation and to help him eat better.

After my c-section, I was given Percocet (oxycodone) and ibuprofen. I was breastfeeding (somewhat), so I'm assuming those were OK to take while breastfeeding. Your ear pain must have been pretty bad for them to prescribe Vicodin for you! You can always look it up on Webmd.com. They usually have a lot of info about whether a drug is safe for pregnant and nursing women. I always check on there for new prescriptions since I'm trying to get pregnant, especially since I found out the sample blood pressure pills my doctor had given me when I was trying for my first child caused birth defects. Luckily, I didn't conceive until I was on some safer medicine. Anyway, hope you feel better!

They gave me percocet for the cramping after giving birth. They said it was fine to nurse.

Hello, it's fine to take Hydrocodone(Lortab) while breastfeeding and Amoxicillian they are both safe for baby. Don't take Lortab and Tylenol together though, to much Tylenol, you could take Lortab and Motrin together though and it's safe. You could also call the Breastfeeding Center at FMC ###-###-#### and ask for Breastfeeding Center, they can look up the meds in a special book. Formula does make babies constipated espescially if you switch back and forth. Hope this helps.

www.kellymom.com is a great resource that might be able to answer your question :)

I was on that for my episiotomy after being sent home from the hospital and breastfed my son just fine. The doctors knew I was breastfeeding so I'm sure it's ok. If you are sick, your supply may be lower so you may have to supplement if he still acts hungry after nursing, but you should be able to safely breastfeed him

While breastfeeding you can take both vicadin and Percocet. I think hydracodone is generic for vicadin. So that is ok to take. Some antibiotics are ok for breastfeeding, maybe ask your Dr. if there is another antibiotic you can take that is ok for breastfeeding and that will take care of your ear infection. Your best bet is to call your OB because they WILL know what can be taken, even more so then a pediatrician. Hope you feel better soon

DON'T STOP breastfeeding! Doctor's don't always have the correct information. It could ruin everything you and your baby have going right now. Go buy the book "The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding" by La Leche Leauge (LLL) International and contact your local LLL consultant.