www.psoriasis.org is the place to be!  Nice to hear all is well, Jay -
Mary Broadfoot, Paisley, Scotland

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> From: Janet Simpson <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: Psoriasis on Nipples and nausea while BF
> Date: 24 September 1996 23:06
>
> Hi All,
> Jay here!
> Have missed you all terribly, and hopefully will be back on-line in a day
or
> two.
> For now, though I have a couple of questions to ask.  Please e-mail
answers
> to me privately (and to the list of course) as I am not yet back onto the
> digest.  My address is [log in to unmask]
> Oh, and thanks to all for the info about bi-lateral mastitis.  I'll let
you
> know what happens with that mom.
>
> Ok, here is question #1:  I am sure that we have discussed Psoriasis on
the
> breast and nipples before, but I need info on what type of treatments are
OK,
> and any citations from literature about it.  My friend, the vicarious
lurker
> Karen Evon IBCLC, needs the info ASAP.
>
> #2:  Have another LC friend who is working with a client who has just
started
> experiencing nausea while BF.  Baby is 2 mo old.  No problems with nausea
> before this past weekend.  Mom has recently started taking prenatal
vitamins
> and some other multi-vitamins to help with her low energy level (to get
more
> energy).  Also, mom has started to have some spotting/light bleeding as
well.
>  I asked if mom was BF at night, answer was NO.  Mom pumps during the day
so
> Dad can give baby a bottle at night so mom can sleep.  They have been
doing
> this for over a month.
> My thoughts on this one are the nausea is hormonally related, and that
mom
> may be in the process of getting her periods back since she is not BF
around
> the clock.
> Any thoughts on this situation would be helpful.  Mom has been instructed
to
> call Dr ASAP to check out the bleeding.
>
> Any help with these will be greatly appreciated!  Remember to send any
> responses to me privately as I am not yet back on Lactnet.  :(
>
> TIA!
> Love Jay
>
> PS   The move went well, and though we have been here for a week, we are
> still living out of boxes it seems.  Anyone want to come take my kids for
a
> weekend so I can whip this place into shape??? :)  Kids are great, but
you
> know, they just don't unpack and put away like we adults do!  Oh, and
baby is
> doing great!  We heard the heartbeat last week, 160bpm!  Seems to be a
fairly
> mellow kid too, which is nice.  Wish me luck that s/he stays that way
after
> birth and into adulthood!  With my very lively Benjamin (now 2 yrs old,
and a
> MAJOR handful!) I could use another mellow child (my oldest is pretty
mellow,
> thanks goodness!)
> Take care!
>