In a message dated 4/3/01 10:09:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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>
> A breastfeeding mom has been  discovered to have a gall bladder that is
> diseased and will need to be removed.  The doc told her to quit
> breastfeeding now because of the toxins that are circulating in her system.
> HOWEVER, they will not be taking the gall bladder out for about 4 WEEKS!
>
> Tell me, have you ever, ever heard of this?   I have the LC on the case
> asking the physician for his documentation.
>
>

Jeannie,
Have worked with several mom's who have problems with their gall bladder
which required surgery and removal.  None of them had to wean or d/c
breastfeeding.  Their biggest problem was making sure they had pumped enough
for their little one to have something to eat during the surgery and
subsequent short post-op recovery - a few hours at most.  It would be
incumbent upon the physician who decreed 'no breastfeeding' to show cause why
this is an issue for her baby.  She is obviously functioning fairly well, or
they'd have yanked it out as an emergency procedure by now, I should think.

Gretchen Andrews, BA, IBCLC
The Lactation Connection
private practice, So. Calif, USA

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