Hi Everyone!
    I just read this on Medscape this morning.  Does anyone have more 
information????   Were any of you at her presentation?  

Katie Constantino
N. Tonawanda, NY(suburb of Buffalo)  LLLL, WIC BF Counselor and "new" IBCLC

<A 
HREF="http://pediatrics.medscape.com/reuters/prof/2000/11/11.03/20001102clin02

0.html">Some Herbs Should Be Avoided by Nursing Mothers</A> 

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CHICAGO (Reuters Health) Nov 3 - Two popular herbal remedies for nursing 
mothers — fenugreek and comfrey — can pose a health risk to their infants, 
according to Dr. Ruth A. Lawrence, who reviewed the use of herbs by 
breast-feeding mothers at a presentation during the annual meeting of the 
American Academy of Pediatrics. 

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