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From: Lavinia Belli <[log in to unmask]>
To: lactnet <[log in to unmask]>
Date: martes 17 de abril de 2001 22:33
Subject: Tragic situation, inhibited let down reflex, oxytocin nasal spray
>"I have had experience with a
>nursing mom who had complete (and final) lack of let-down after a traumatic
>experience, despite support, and would like to avoid that happening in this
>case. Any suggestions on how to deal with this? Has it been discussed in
>the archives?"
>
>While breastfeeding my first baby in New York back in 1993, I read in the
>revised edition of the Nursing Mother Companion (Kathleen Huggins) about
>oxytocin nasal spray, comercialized as Syntocinon, as a help with let-down
>difficulties. The book also said that it needed a prescription and the
cost
>was approximately 30 US dollars for 5 mm. bottle. If that is still
>available, that could be of help in this case.
>
>By the time a gave birth to my second daughter in 1995, this time in Rio de
>Janeiro, my obstetrician mentioned that I might want to buy the spray "just
>in case". In Brazil its very very cheap, and you do not need a
>prescription. I could not resist it and tried it and it was incredible! I
>never had problems with let-downs, but the stuff was amazing. I would
spray
>it and began to leak in a matter of minutes.
>
>Since then I've turned into a lactnutt, and also a LLL leader, but I have
>not heard about the oxytocin nasal spray again. Here in Spain oxytocin it
>is not comercialized as a nasal spray, but I've found myself wishing I had
>bougth cases of it in Brasil, for all the working nursing mothers who have
>such a hard time pumping at work, under stress and less than favorable
>settings.
>
>Why the silence, does this nasal sprays have undesirable side effects? Or
>is it just me not listening/reading the appropriate stuff?
>
>Appreciate your insights on this matter. Sorry for the extension.
>
>Lavinia, LLL Madrid
>
>
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