K.B.
July 15th 03, 04:47 AM
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
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