Ellen, just a thought about your client with constipation... Does she
take iron supplements while she is breastfeeding, which she would then
stop afterwards? I actually have a mom who has been badly constipated
when pregnant and now breastfeeding, but only when she takes her
vitamins supplements. When she stops, it takes about two days to come
back to normal....? Maybe...

Louise Dumas, R.N., M.S.N., PhD
Professor-researcher in Nursing Sciences
University of Quebec in Hull
(Western Quebec, Canada)

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