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Breastfeeding and Medications
Badass Breastfeeding Podcast
English - March 16, 2020 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 698 ratingsKids & Family Health & Fitness breastfeeding attachment parenting babies baby infant motherhood breastmilk infant feeding formula nursing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As a breastfeeding mother, have you ever wondered about medications?
Have you ever been told that you cannot take a specific medication?
Did you ever suffer with pain or illness because someone who is NOT a lactation consultant told you not to take a medication?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should be listening to this episode.
If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you. Please consider leaving us a review on itunes or sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected]
Things we talked about:
Medications and breastfeeding
Benefits of meds vs the risks of not taking it [8:20]
Where do we get the info? Or better yet, where shouldn’t we get info? [10:00]
What drugs are a concern? [10:23]
Drugs you can take when pregnant [11:38]
Variables (because you know there are some) [14:41]
~Metabolizing
~Breastfeeding frequency
~Dosage
~Half life
~Age
Tip of the Week! From Ashley Joy Dosier on Facebook [21:45]
Dianne’s medication soapbox [23:11]
~Not referring
~Stopping breastfeeding
Abby’s ridiculous ear infection story [26:54]
Is your doctor your boss? [30:15]
Self advocacy [31:54]
This episode is sponsored by Fairhaven Health and Milkies
Some other episodes you should check out or we mentioned in this episode
https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/052-postpartum-mood-disorders/
https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/103-post-weaning-depression/
https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/026-misinformation-from-medical-professionals/
Resources for medications:
Lactmed
Medications and Mothers Milk - Thomas Hale
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