I have had two scopes while nursing my 8 mth old. (I had two scopes in a space of a week.) With the first it was with versed (midazolam)and fentanyl and then the second was with added propofol (diprivan) . I did not pump and dump either time, by time I got home it was a couple hrs after I had woken up and just nursed and at that point my baby had never had a bottle nor really eating solids so I needed to nurse him. I had to do the prep twice and used the Miralax prep because it is tasteless and OTC and cheaper and easy compared to the horrible tasting ones that require an Rx, and the miralax works just as well so I don't why more people don't use it or drs don't promote it. Here is a link in case anyone wants to see what my drs gave me _http://www.gastroassociatesqc.com/forms/procedure%20preps/Miralax%20Preparatio n.pdf_ (http://www.gastroassociatesqc.com/forms/procedure%20preps/Miralax%20Preparation.pdf) Now with this info and even if you give her copies from Hale about these meds the dr might STILL say no nursing etc etc. My first dr had refused to do one since I was nursing and I even had brought the info saying it was ok. But really it came down to some other dr taking the responsibility for the baby since the baby is not the patient and the issue was not about the meds given. I feel like so many things in medicine comes down to liability and not wanting to take responsibility for things. This actually led me to have a 4mth delay in getting dx with colorectal cancer because they didn't want to do the scope. I should have just lied about nursing but being the lactation advocate I wanted to educate them about it being ok for nursing moms so the next nursing mom behind me would have it easier. (so 4 mths later I didn't tell them I was nursing they of course just assumed I would have weaned such an old baby and got the scope because educating them didn't work!) Hopefully her drs will read and listen to medical evidence about nursing during scopes and of course mom should remember it really is up to HER what she wants to do. I wish this mom the best and all her tests turn out for nothing. Kim Ann Lorber LLL Leader Quad Cities IA/IL [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) _http://cancercaughtme.blogspot.com/_ (http://cancercaughtme.blogspot.com/) In a message dated 3/30/2011 6:48:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: I just spoke with a client of breastfeeding 8 month old. Her baby takes expressed breast milk at daycare while she is at work. She is supposed to schedule a colonoscopy and a uterine biopsy. Does anyone know if the preparation to clear the bowels required for the colonoscopy would necessitate her to stop breastfeeding? Does the anesthesia still require pump and discard, if yes how many feedings? I am assuming the uterine biopsy presents no issues for breastfeeding. Thanks Patty Belkin *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome