Depression medication and breastfeeding

Is anybody on depression medication and breastfeeding?

The doctors have prescribed me Prozac.

Just wondering if there is anyone out there that is going through the same
thing and breastfeed while take medication??

Nat wrote:

Is anybody on depression medication and breastfeeding?

The doctors have prescribed me Prozac.

Just wondering if there is anyone out there that is going through the same
thing and breastfeed while take medication??

I'm coming out of the closet...I'm taking prozac and bf'ing my 25 month
old.

phew Feels good saying it.
--
"In Finnegans Wake, he just made up words.
Now that's just not sporting!"
...A friend on James Joyce

"Nat" wrote in message ...

Is anybody on depression medication and breastfeeding?

The doctors have prescribed me Prozac.

Just wondering if there is anyone out there that is going through the same
thing and breastfeed while take medication??


Hi I am on Sertraline (Zoloft), and all is well. I have only been on the
meds 9 days and the difference in me is amazing.

Take a look at this page about antidepressants while breastfeeding.
On there my drug is the most preffered choice by drs and yours the least.

http://www.kellymom.com/health/meds/...hale10-02.html

I am a mom of 5, and have had a vicious circle of antenatal and postnatal
depression. I fought taking meds for so long, but now I am soo much happier.
I thought it would harm my baby and I felt guilty, but he is happy now he
has his moommy back to her old self!

Best of luck!

--
Andrea mom of 5 - latest addition Kamron David 7 months still nursing strong
with 6 teeth!

"Elana Kehoe" wrote in message
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Nat wrote:

Is anybody on depression medication and breastfeeding?

The doctors have prescribed me Prozac.

Just wondering if there is anyone out there that is going through the
same
thing and breastfeed while take medication??

I'm coming out of the closet...I'm taking prozac and bf'ing my 25 month
old.

phew Feels good saying it.


Good for you! How is it going?

My only regret is that I didn't begin meds earlier.

Andrea mom of 5, latest babe Kamron almost 8 months!

Andrea wrote:

Good for you! How is it going?

My only regret is that I didn't begin meds earlier.

Doing really well. I responded to the meds within a day, from what I
can tell. Been good since then, laughing with DH and playing with P.
Now I'm getting what being a mom is like :-).
--
"In Finnegans Wake, he just made up words.
Now that's just not sporting!"
...A friend on James Joyce

(Elana Kehoe) wrote in message ...

I'm coming out of the closet...I'm taking prozac and bf'ing my 25 month
old.

Me too, my five-month-old. My midwife prescribed Prozac last winter
shortly after I found out I was pregnant. My depression was partly
situational and partly seasonal. She wanted me on the Prozac for at
least six months after the birth to ward off PPD, and I'm planning on
sticking with it at least until spring because I'm afraid to stop
taking it in the winter. Midwinter in New Hampshire can be pretty
grim.

Mack is a skinny boy (like all the men on my side of the family) but
perfectly happy and healthy and the World's Cutest Baby(TM).

Kate
and Mack the Baby 8/28/03

In article , Elana Kehoe
wrote:

Andrea wrote:

Good for you! How is it going?

My only regret is that I didn't begin meds earlier.

Doing really well. I responded to the meds within a day, from what I
can tell. Been good since then, laughing with DH and playing with P.
Now I'm getting what being a mom is like :-).

That's really great. When you're depressed even the things that should
bring you joy seem dark and empty. You know there is something good
there, but you really can't quite see it. When you begin to feel
better, it's like a curtain is being drawn back. I'm so happy for you
Elana. Welcome back into the sunshine.

--
Molly
http://www.sonic.net/~mollyf/

Nat wrote:
Is anybody on depression medication and breastfeeding?


Yes, many of us.

The doctors have prescribed me Prozac.

Prozac isn't the preferred drug, but if you didn't take it during pregnancy
and your infant's not a newborn, it's probably fine.

--
tristyn
www.tristyn.net
"i have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
i do not think that they will sing to me."

Hi there I have read a bit about Prozac and don't really want to take
medication while I am breastfeeding but am going to have too the depression
is destroying my life. My daughter which I am breastfeeding is 6 months old
and I didn't talk it during pregnancy. Thanks for the info.

"iphigenia" wrote in message
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Nat wrote:
Is anybody on depression medication and breastfeeding?


Yes, many of us.

The doctors have prescribed me Prozac.

Prozac isn't the preferred drug, but if you didn't take it during
pregnancy
and your infant's not a newborn, it's probably fine.

--
tristyn
www.tristyn.net
"i have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
i do not think that they will sing to me."

Molly Fisher wrote:

That's really great. When you're depressed even the things that should
bring you joy seem dark and empty. You know there is something good
there, but you really can't quite see it. When you begin to feel
better, it's like a curtain is being drawn back. I'm so happy for you
Elana. Welcome back into the sunshine.

Thanks :-). I went to the counsellor today, and we were talking about
people having more than one kid, and how I couldn't even imagine why
people would, since it's so not fun. Or at least I did a month ago.
Now I get why.

It really is a curtain, blocking out all the sun. Phew. Go get me some
sunblock :-)
--
"In Finnegans Wake, he just made up words.
Now that's just not sporting!"
...A friend on James Joyce