Dear wise ones, I had a distressed mother come to see me today, and I have her permission to post. She is currently 34 weeks pregnant with her second child. Was diagnosed with Graves Disease last November when her first child was 8 months old, breastfeeding was going well until at this time and then it all 'fell apart'. Baby become extremely unsettled, feeding 1-2 hourly ( for about three weeks ) and self weaned. Mum feels that a lot of it was to do with the stress she was experiencing about the diagnosis. She is currently taking Proprylthioracil 50mg bd. I have not had any experience with this condition, and have done a search of the archives with no recent information/discussion found. I would really appreciate it if anyone could assist me with information to address her concerns. Specifically, her endocrinologist has warned her about the baby having transitional hypothyroidism, which usually leads to extremely unsettled behavours. She is wondering about a plan to manage this. Her other major question was is there any impact from her illness and/or treatment on her breast milk volumes or composition. This lady is a delight and I thank you all in advance for assisting me to give her the best/most appropriate information and advice. Margaret Wendt CN RM IBCLC Queensland Australia *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html