I have had two scopes while nursing my 8 mth old. (I had two scopes in a
space of a week.) With the first it was with versed (midazolam)and fentanyl
and then the second was with added propofol (diprivan) . I did not pump and
dump either time, by time I got home it was a couple hrs after I had woken
up and just nursed and at that point my baby had never had a bottle nor
really eating solids so I needed to nurse him. I had to do the prep twice and
used the Miralax prep because it is tasteless and OTC and cheaper and
easy compared to the horrible tasting ones that require an Rx, and the miralax
works just as well so I don't why more people don't use it or drs don't
promote it. Here is a link in case anyone wants to see what my drs gave me
_http://www.gastroassociatesqc.com/forms/procedure%20preps/Miralax%20Preparatio
n.pdf_
(http://www.gastroassociatesqc.com/forms/procedure%20preps/Miralax%20Preparation.pdf)
Now with this info and even if you give her copies from Hale about these
meds the dr might STILL say no nursing etc etc. My first dr had refused to
do one since I was nursing and I even had brought the info saying it was ok.
But really it came down to some other dr taking the responsibility for the
baby since the baby is not the patient and the issue was not about the meds
given. I feel like so many things in medicine comes down to liability and
not wanting to take responsibility for things. This actually led me to have
a 4mth delay in getting dx with colorectal cancer because they didn't want
to do the scope. I should have just lied about nursing but being the
lactation advocate I wanted to educate them about it being ok for nursing moms
so the next nursing mom behind me would have it easier. (so 4 mths later I
didn't tell them I was nursing they of course just assumed I would have
weaned such an old baby and got the scope because educating them didn't
work!) Hopefully her drs will read and listen to medical evidence about nursing
during scopes and of course mom should remember it really is up to HER what
she wants to do.
I wish this mom the best and all her tests turn out for nothing.
Kim Ann Lorber
LLL Leader Quad Cities IA/IL
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In a message dated 3/30/2011 6:48:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
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I just spoke with a client of breastfeeding 8 month old. Her baby takes
expressed breast milk at daycare while she is at work.
She is supposed to schedule a colonoscopy and a uterine biopsy.
Does anyone know if the preparation to clear the bowels required for the
colonoscopy would necessitate her to stop breastfeeding? Does the
anesthesia still require pump and discard, if yes how many feedings?
I am assuming the uterine biopsy presents no issues for breastfeeding.
Thanks
Patty Belkin
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