Dear Netters,

Need your collective wisdom here.  One of the IBCLCs at our hospital asked me
this question this morning, and I don't have a clue.  A woman makes stained
glass windows, and she has to solder the lead  Her docs told her she had to
stop immediately for the duration of pregnancy.  The baby is around 4 months
old, and she hasn't done any soldering -- yet -- but is getting the itch to
get back into it.  The question is, can fumes from soldering lead cause any
problems, or increase lead content of the milk?  I asked if she had ever had
any lead levels done on her, and was told no, she hadn't.

I don't know if fumes can cause a problem either during pregnancy or
breastfeeding..  Seems to me that they would cause a problem in her first,
but maybe an undetectable one???

Any "evidence-based" research out there?  In lieu of EBR, anyone have any
good hunches?

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, Queen of Cabbage & Vegemite
Wheaton, IL (who was interviewed briefly on WGN radio the other day about --
yep -- CABBAGE!!)

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