Thank you for responding Felicia, this was my gut feeling too, that the physician is being overly cautious and unnecessarily interrupting breastfeeding.
I was reaching out to find out if anyone had ever experienced such a situation that a baby with G6PD develops a crisis as a reaction to peanut exposure.
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Subject: Re: G6PD in breastfed baby
I'm not sure what the concern is. My son has this issue and it's mainly fava beans and the medication he is on for his UC (he doesn't process it effectively and it can build up in his system). The only issue would be if the child also has a peanut allergy. While my son is also allergic to peanuts (like his father is) not sure why eating peanuts would mean to limit breastfeeding.
Felicia Henry
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