I am working my way through an LC program; I am hoping
to wind up both clinical and written assignments by
the end of this month---whee ha!!
In the program lectures, we students were given a list
of contraindications to breastfeeding.  They are:
     1) galactosemia in the infant
     2) active drug abuse in mother
     3) HIV-positive status in mother (in areas
        where the risks of transmission outweigh the
      risks of ABM/benefits of breastfeeding)
     4) mother undergoing chemotherapy
Methotrexate is currently used as a treatment for
cancer, therefore is a chemotheraputic drug.  It is my
understanding that methotrexate and bfing are
incompatible.
If anyone has other info bfing and chemotherapy, I
would be interested in reading it.
Carole


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