On 10/06/2012 14:20, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> A mom of twins, 2+ months has to have a colonoscopy and asked if the bowel
> prep she has to take is any cause for concern since she is exclusively
> nursing.  It's called Suprep bowel prep kit and contains a combination of
> sodium/potassium and magnesium sulfate.  Anyone with experience with  this?
> Have searched Hale's, Lactmed and Hale's book and can't seem to find  anything.
>
The medication itself shouldn't be a problem, but it does induce violent 
diarrhoea (the idea being to get the colon completely cleared out) and I 
would have thought there was a risk her milk supply may dip, especially 
as I recall bowel prep also including a period of time not eating. 
Especially since she's nursing twins, she should make sure she has some 
extra milk available in the house to supplement in case of need. If at 
all possible she should also have someone around all that day to help 
her, since dealing with twins *and* bowel prep is a bit too much for any 
one person to have to deal with.


Best wishes,

Dr Sarah Vaughan
MBChB MRCGP

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