When I needed an MRI on my ankle, I was told I would have to wait until 
I stopped breastfeeding, as it would make my milk thick and stringy.

No, I didn't make that up.

By the time I finished with them, thanks to Veronica's links, they'd 
admitted that they'd had women with injuries waiting for months, 
unwilling to give up breastfeeding.  And sadly, some mothers who had 
weaned, in order to have their scans.

:-(

Morgan  Gallagher

On 08/12/2010 18:55, Veronica Garea wrote:
> MRI scans use no ionizing radiation. Contrast agents are compatible with
> breastfeeding. Gadolinium is the contrast agent most used, but even iodine
> contrasts are acceptable while breastfeeding.
>
> See
> http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/Rad/CSIfaq/Breastfeeding.pdf(Administration
> of Contrast Medium to breastfeeding mothers, The American
> College of Radiology)
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1952588/
>
> Veronica
>
> Verónica Garea
> LLL Argentina
> Date:    Wed, 8 Dec 2010 09:57:38 -0700
>
>> From:    Heather<[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: MRI
>>
>> I have a client needing an MRI with the radiation dye. She was told to not
>> breastfeed for 2 weeks. She wants another opinion as she will most likely
>> wean if this is true, not by choice per say but by circumstances in her life
>> right now.
>>
>> Heather Shelley LDEM
>> Www.birthingyourway.com
>>
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>> Date:    Wed, 8 Dec 2010 09:59:15 -0700
>> From:    Heather<[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: MRI correction
>>
>> Contrasting agent will be used, obviously not my area of expertise.
>>
>> Heather Shelley LDEM
>> Utah, USA
>> Www.birthingyourway.com
>>
>>
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