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Lexapro and Breastfeeding
Read all 22 responses: "Hi, I have had several depressive episodes in my life and have taken SSRIs in the past. I was on Lexapro when I got pregnant and ...
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- Jeanette, I'd like to offer a slightly different perspective on taking meds. My decision to take Lexapro and Wellbutrin during pregnancy and breastfeeding comes aft...
- Good news from my front. I took Lexapro while nursing both my beautiful girls. So far (3.5 and 1.5), no ill effects. I'm still nursing the 18 month old. You haven'...
- There is a wonderful book I have been using to help people out of depression, it looks wholistically at your life, mental/physical/spiritual etc. not religion based at...
Pregnancy Symptoms While Breast Feeding
Read all 13 responses: "I am just curious if anybody has had any "odd" symptoms of pregnancy while they were still breast-feeding.
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- I have not experienced this myself, but have two friends and a grandmother that did become pregnant while breast feeding. You should call your doctor about your sympt...
- I have a sister who got pregnant while she was breastfeeding. For some women, breastfeeding is good birth control, for others it's not. I would take a test or see yo...
- I felt sick when i was breast feeding but wasn't pregnant. Breast feeding isn't birthcontrol and it is possible to become pregnant while breast feeding. I would take a...
Zoloft and Breastfeeding?
Read all 22 responses: "Has anyone been on Zoloft while breastfeeding? I have heard conflicting answers. My pharmacist said it was okay. The docter said no.
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- I know this was posted awhile ago, but I wanted to give you this resource if you have questions about meds again in the future. I just wanted to let you know about ...
- well there is a risk with any meds while breastfeeding b/c it does get passed in the milk. If you can surrvive without it, that would be best. I would go with what t...
- I was on Zoloft when I became pregnant. My OB/GYN said that it was okay to take until the 8th month. However, I immediatly stopped taking it when I found out that I wa...
Lexapro and Breast Feeding
Read all 7 responses: "I've been on Lexapro before each of my (3) pregnancies but stopped taking it while pregnant and breast feeding, however my OB dr. and ...
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- I took Lexipro while while I nursed my son. The only real side effect was that my son sometimes would seem drowsy. He would sometimes take really long naps but once ...
- I've been on antidepressants for about 7 years, and though it was a hard deceision in the beginning, I now know there's no way I want to go back to the way my life was...
- I took it for a year at very low dosage (10 mg) while nursing, at which time I was able to go off it. I never had any problems and my daughter is now a thriving, prec...
Safety of Monistat While Breastfeeding?
Read all 13 responses: "Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has been able to locate any safety info about using Monistat for a yeast infection while ...
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- I've been told that plain yogurt works just as great as monistat :-). You should try it :-)
- As Nancy said, Hale's "Medications and Mother's Milk" is *the* resource to finding out whether a drug is safe to take while breastfeeding. If your doctor doesn't have ...
- I tried all of the medications for yeast infections and none of them worked for me. I kept a yeast infection all the time. When I started taking Shaklee Garlic table...
Breastfeeding and Sushi??
Read all 8 responses: "im breastfeeding my 5 month old preemie. is it safe to eat raw fish??? thanks!"
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- I was wondering the same thing. I haven't seen anything online.
- Yes, you can eat sushi and breastfeed. I craved sushi through my whole pregnancy and my OB/GYN told me it would be ok after delivery because anything you eat is filte...
- My son is 5 months old and I exclusively breastfeed him and eat sushi all the time and he has not been affected by it at all.
Breastfeeding W/ Seasonal Allergies
Read all 13 responses: "Does anyone have any good or bad experiences with allergy medications that are considered safe while breastfeeding?"
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- Hi L., Have you considered going a natural direction to get rid of your allergies? I too had this problem and found a natural solution. I used to have severe alle...
- Hi L., I also have seasonal as well, and when I was breastfeeding I took Nettle to help with my allergies. It's a natural antihistamine. Good luck! I know alle...
- L., I had severe allergies and received allergy shots weekly while pregnant and breastfeeding. My allergy doc said that Zyrtec (which has been shown safe to give t...
Mammogram While Breastfeeding
Read all 14 responses: "I was just wondering if anyone out there had any experience with getting a mammogram while still nursing a toddler.
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- My sister was told she has dense breast tissue, so a mammogram will not pick up anything, she has to have an ultrasound done in place of a mammogram. My sister is well...
- Hi, Yes I'm one of the younger ones (28). But I have had experience with this. My Dr. wanted me to have a mammogram to assure himself that all I had was cat-scrat...
- Hi Becky, I just went throught the same thing. My daughter is now 11 months, but when she was eight months I discovered what seemed like a lump in my breast. They...
Breastfeeding/night Weaning
Read all 17 responses: "I have an 11 month old son who is still breastfeeding. He definitely associates nursing with sleep, so now i'm wondering what to do ...
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- I had the same problem with my last child and found that nursing and sleeping with me was a security issue and that is why it helped her sleep. She associated me and ...
- Have you read "How Weaning Happens?" It has a lot of good, gentle suggestions.
- First of all, CONGRADULATIONS and major props for making it 11 months and counting on breast feeding your son! I only breast fed my son until he was 5 months due to a...
Breastfeeding intervals...how Often?
Read all 33 responses: "I exclusively breastfeed my 9 week old little boy and am wondering when I can expect him to transition into nursing less frequently, ...
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- I agree with everyone else - every 3-4 hours is great for a 9 week old! My daughter was every hour on the hour at that age! Once my daughter started having 3 meals a...
- It depends on your child. I've would start with the every 2 hours and then in a 1.5 - 2 months every 4. But I have heard of babies eating every 1-2 hours constantly,...
- 3-4 hours?!?! I would consider myself lucky. When I was breastfeeding my last baby he wanted to eat every 1-2 hours. I felt like I had a kid growing out of my boob ...
