On 31 May 2004 at 11:44, ~*~Mother's Helper~*~ wrote: > I have a client with a 6 month old. She is suffering from PPD. Her > attending doctor is telling her and her husband that she needs to stop > nursing immediately, and then she will be fine. I know this to not be > true ,infact the opposite, but I can not find anything online that she > can print and bring to her Dr. that is factual and will be credible > advice/proof. Can any of you wonderful people please send me a link to > send me in the right direction.? I have done a quick Google and collected a few links that I think will be usefull. Some of them are by medical professionals, who will probably have more authority with the dr., but I also added a couple of other ones that i think are valuable. Small quote from the first link: "For healthy, full-term babies, the known benefits of breast milk outweigh the potential hazards of most antidepressant medicines." http://www.drgreene.com/21_560.html http://www.askdrsears.com/html/2/T029100.asp http://www.kellymom.com/health/meds/antidepressants-hale10-02.html http://www.breastfeeding.com/helpme/helpme_asklc_ans100.html http://www.breastfeeding.ecoparents.com/depression.html http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/2265/medication.html http://www.pregnancyanddepression.com/breastfeeding.html http://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/supporterline/antidepressants.html -- Heleen Hayes www.xs4all.nl/~hhayes *********************************************** 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
