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I have epilepsy and am on Tegretol. I have 4 kids but I didn't breastfeed
any of my children except for my youngest. I didn't do enough research at the time and all the Dr.'s and nurses at the hospitals discouraged me from nursing. When my 3 year old was born he was in ICU. They still didn't encourage me to nurse him. He was a big baby 9 lbs. 4 ounces and he broke his collar bone. Plus he had fluid in his lungs and he didn't want to eat. He was a mess. He should have been breastfed. When my 6 year old was born he was very allergic to formula/dairy. His skin bled with sores it was so bad. His butt bled too. I wish I nursed him and feel bad about it. He is such an allergic kid. He needs to start allergy shots this month. It could have been prevented if I nursed him from the beginning. With my youngest baby I did some researching and found out that Tegretol is safe to breastfeed. All my Dr.'s gave me the go ahead to do it. I'm so happy I am able to nurse him. He will be 3 months on the 19th. WE have no problems with the meds and it even seems to be helping my seizures. I have them with hormones sometimes. I've been seizure free. The only problems I've had are with dairy. The baby had some eczema and allergy to the milk I'm drinking. We still haven't fixed the problem yet. But otherwise we do great. He's big and fat, growing nicely. He latched on from the beginning. I just really regret not nursing my other kids and I wish that more Dr.'s would encourage it. When I went back for my 6 week check up, my obstetrician tried to put me on birth control and told me to stop nursing. I was so annoyed with him. I'm not going back. I can't find much support with this. I get alot of people asking me how long I'm going to keep this up. I get annoyed with people who complain about how hard it is to nurse so they just won't try. There are so many woman who can't nurse because of the meds they are on or for a medical reason. I don't know many woman who nurse.I feel like it isn't supported as much as it should be. Kris |
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It didn't work. Sorry. It was a cute picture too.
Kris "K.B." wrote in message news This is my little guy Alex 4/19/03 |
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In article .net, "K.B."
writes: When I went back for my 6 week check up, my obstetrician tried to put me on birth control and told me to stop nursing. I was so annoyed with him. I'm not going back. I can't find much support with this. I get alot of people asking me how long I'm going to keep this up. Get thee to a La Leche League meeting ASAP! you can find one at www.lalecheleague.org. Hopefully there is one in your area or close by! I'm glad you are able to bf now. Don't spend too much time regretting the past. Just focus on the present and how wonderful it is that you now have good information and a great bf relationship with your new baby! Congratulations! koa Still nursing James, 02/06/01 EP'ing for Joey 04/02/03 (BCP) |
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K.B. wrote:
With my youngest baby I did some researching and found out that Tegretol is safe to breastfeed. Oh, good - when I saw your first sentence I started reaching for my copy of Hale's, since I remembered looking it up before and finding that it was safe. Glad to know you've already found that out : ) When I went back for my 6 week check up, my obstetrician tried to put me on birth control and told me to stop nursing. I was so annoyed with him. I'm not going back. Good for you. That's very short-sighted of him. After all, breastfeeding is SO important for your child and there are many birth control options that are compatible with nursing. There are so many woman who can't nurse because of the meds they are on or for a medical reason. You might be surprised to find how few meds are really incompatible with nursing, and how few of *those* don't have viable alternatives. -- iphigenia www.tristyn.net |
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K.B. wrote:
It didn't work. Sorry. It was a cute picture too. If you tried to attach a picture, you should know that it's bad netiquette to post attachments to a non-binary newsgroup like this one. Just an FYI! -- iphigenia www.tristyn.net |
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I thought I pasted the picture. I wasn't trying to attach it. Usually my
computer would notify me if I do that, it didn't. The picture was a pasted copy that was there when I sent it. I didn't mean to be rude. Kris "iphigenia" wrote in message ... K.B. wrote: It didn't work. Sorry. It was a cute picture too. If you tried to attach a picture, you should know that it's bad netiquette to post attachments to a non-binary newsgroup like this one. Just an FYI! -- iphigenia www.tristyn.net |
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K.B. wrote:
I have epilepsy and am on Tegretol. When I went back for my 6 week check up, my obstetrician tried to put me on birth control and told me to stop nursing. I was so annoyed with him. I'm not going back. I can't find much support with this. I get alot of people asking me how long I'm going to keep this up. I get annoyed with people who complain about how hard it is to nurse so they just won't try. There are so many woman who can't nurse because of the meds they are on or for a medical reason. I don't know many woman who nurse.I feel like it isn't supported as much as it should be. Kris I've been researching birth control and anti-convulsives (I'm on dilantin) and here's what I found. Basically, in terms of birth control I'm limited to barrier methods. The midwife said nursing mothers are limited to the mini-pill but my neurologist said that Dilantin reduces the efficacy of the pill and it would be best to use non-hormonal birth control especially if I was nursing. I'm going to ask about the IUD at my six week appointment. Jeanne |
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Jeanne,
I was told that the pill will lower my tegretol and the tegretol lowers the pill. So I have seizures and can get pregnant. I've tried the pill twice and I had alot of seizures plus I was supposed to use a back up method. I tried the IUD but I bled for 2 months and had seizures. My body couldn't handle it and they were giving me hormones to accept it. Kris I've been researching birth control and anti-convulsives (I'm on dilantin) and here's what I found. Basically, in terms of birth control I'm limited to barrier methods. The midwife said nursing mothers are limited to the mini-pill but my neurologist said that Dilantin reduces the efficacy of the pill and it would be best to use non-hormonal birth control especially if I was nursing. I'm going to ask about the IUD at my six week appointment. Jeanne |
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