Many women have incontinence after delivery. I know with me it was caused
by a huge tear, which was repaired, but the muscle tone wasn't the same.
Breastfeeding causes incontinence...you'd think an OB would know better.
Andrea Duval
Moms 4 Moms Milk
At 10:01 AM 09/28/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Yes, ANOTHER "sacrificing breastfeeding to the altar of ignorance" ....
>
>I visited a mom very late one Thursday night - she had called and her baby
>would not latch on, she was in pain, baby was 4 days old. While we talked
>and I helped her with breastfeeding, (baby had to learn to open mouth wide,
>mom learned to wait until tongue was down, using the good old "sandwich"
>hold was necessary because of large breasts, etc.), she also reported she
>had been unable to control her bladder since delivery. At the time, she
>said she thought it was getting better, and at 10:30 PM I wasn't about to
>send her off to the ER - but the next morning (she reported baby was
>nursing well, wetting and stooling, etc.) I recommended she call the OB.
> She did, but he didn't see her until the next week.
>
>Mom paged me yesterday - the doctor recommended low-dose estrogen birth
>control pills "because breastfeeding causes low estrogen and that's what is
>wrong." She asked him if this would cause problems with her breastfeeding,
>as this was going very well. And he told her yes, it may, but it was what
>needed to be done!
>
>She said she called me because her "guts" told her this didn't make sense.
> I praised her "guts" and recommended a second opinion.
>
>Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, PHN, IBCLC
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