Hi there,

Coming out of lurkdom to pose a question a fellow LLL leader received on
the help forms. She was able to find a few posts in the archives but was
wondering if any of you wise people had any further suggestions for the
mom.
>>Baby age=9 months
>Baby weight=approx 11 kg
>Birth weight=4.150 kg
>Question=Have you any information about how breastfeeding affects the
>mother's eyesight?
>
>Am slightly long-sighted, wear glasses all the time. When breastfeeding my
>first child I had great trouble reading, but my optician advised against
>changing lenses before I'd stopped breastfeeding. A test showed that I did
>need stronger lenses. After I'd finished breastfeeding my eyesight went
>back to "normal", ie, what it was before I had my baby.
>
>Am experiencing the same symptoms with my second child, and do not really
>want to stop breastfeeding just to "see better". But I do feel that to be
>able to go back to work (in three months time) I must have better vision
>than I do at the moment.
>
>Please, this is not a joke! Has anyone in your organization ever heard of
>this kind of problem?
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.

Going back into lurkdom now (but learning so much from everyone here)
Donna
Burnaby, BC, where the winter of rainy days and nights has begun