On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:02:55 -0400, Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC
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>You can tell her Hale, our great drug expert, classifies this drug as
>moderately safe.  You can also tell her the potential problems to look
>for, and the risks of formula feeding to balance them.  She is already
>on the drug during pregnancy, which exposes the baby to far higher
>levels than those in the milk.
>She may also need some information on keeping her baby safe during
>seizures.  She should have a planned safe place to put the baby in every
>room - a basinette, crib, play pen, whatever, in case she feels a
>seizure coming on .  This goes for whether she breastfeeds or bottle
>feeds.
>Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC
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I would like to add to what Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC had to say about
safety for the infant.  I know a mom who has seizures and to safe guard her
infant she placed her in a large hard plastic carry all with a handle
whenever she needed to carry her about the house (it is used for laundry or
groceries).  This allowed her to carry her close to the floor incase she
fell.  She also carried her on the side of her body that she was least
likely to fall towards.  When other family members were not there to help
her or her husband was traveling, she slept directly on the floor with the
baby to safe guard against dropping the baby.  Marguerite King, IBCLC

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