>A couple of weeks ago I posted a request asking for information for a
>pregnent woman who has  ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura) and was
>advised to not breastfeed.
>
 it was not so much the that her breastfeeding could affect
>her ITP but that the breastfeeding would make it more difficult for him
>to treat her (and her ITP) postnatally.
>
However, the thought
>did occur to me that he will be dealing with a dangerous and potentially
>fatal condition, and perhaps her breastfeeing would add just another
>"complication" that he feels he could do without.


I don't see why this "logic" carries any more weight than the logic that
says "The NORMAL sequelae to pregnancy is BREASTFEEDING, and the
*complication* in this case, for a woman with a rare and unusual disease,
would be to ALTER the normal course of events."  NOT BREASTFEEDING could
just as easily be looked at as a "complication" that the doctor feels he
could do without.


Kathy D.
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