>
>Sadly, the two mothers with whom I have worked w/this condition were
>advised not to bf by docs I really respect to preserve bf relationships
>wherever possible....

I have also worked with a mother (37 years old) with pp cardiomyopathy.  She
was advised not to breastfeed.  I was never given a list of her meds, but
did get the name of one of them off the IV bag when I visited her is the
hospital.  Don't remember what it was...might have been Dobutamine...but
according to Hale it interfered with prolactin, which would have been part
of the explanation why her milk supply crashed.  Stress and grief would have
also played a role.  The other meds had not enough information about them.

This mom is about 14 weeks out from her crisis, initial tests showed
improvement, her meds were increased so her activity could be increased.
She can now drive, carry her baby, etc and resume a basically normal life
(in fact, we're going to Annapolis today with her baby and my 3 year old).

She wears a heart monitor at all times to keep an eye on her heart rate.
She has to keep below a certain number.  She goes back for more test at the
6 month mark to determine if she has deteriorated (not likely at this
point), stabilized, or improved.

She has also been told to not get pregnant again.

Kathy

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Kathy Koch, BSEd, IBCLC
Great Mills, MD
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"Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they
miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when
raking leaves. ~Marcelene Cox ~

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