In a message dated 8/8/01 7:08:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> Mom has SVT and is on digoxin. Can she breastfed? IF
> she can not breastfed as she has been told by her MD
>

I was diagnosed with PSVT with my first pregnacy, and then the diagnosis was
changed a couple of times before we finally arrived at the diagnosis of
Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome with my third pregnancy. The episodes were
worse with pregnancy--i was seen
at the ER 19 times during my second pregnancy. With my third pregnancy I had
one episode with a heart rate of over 300 ( the monitor kept converting back
to zero) for over 2 hours. I have been on dig, and it was upped to almost a
lethal dose at one point ( had to do 24 hr urine catches every other day for
30 days--what fun!). We later found that mine was on the back side of my
heart and dig doesn't work on that type.( If I remember correctly the
explaination).  I had an episode  once that continued for over 3 days ( had
to be admitted to
the CCU for that one).  this continued through three pregnancies, and three
bfing children. I finally had an ablation in 1992 and am now cured.
throughout it all, I insisted on being treated normally (as normal as I could
be ). I refused to be transferred to high risk  pregnancy clinic ( I told
them if they classified me as high risk  I would not come in for appointments
until I went into labor and then would deliver in the back of the van in the
parking lot with the TV news anchor filming it!) I had this feeling that the
baby was fine during the whole time( they were) and the only concession I
allowed was for a crash cart in the room and a electro-cardio-physiologist on
call. Everything went well.
 I was bounced around with several different meds that did not work for
severalyears but adnvances have been made in this field in the past 20 yrs..
I used the meds episodically while bfing. I did wean the last child (he was
over 3 yrs old) when I had the bad episode that landed me in CCU-it ended up
being for  13 days. Weaning was my choice at that point and he did fine. If
you want more info feel free to email me.

Barb Whitehead, IBCLC
Eastern NC
(PS--While I was in CCU for the 13 days I was studying for my IBCLC exam. No
phones, no interruptions, no responsibilities. It was the perfect place to
study except whenever I would get into the Ruth Lawrence book, the monitors
would go off. It was due to the stress of trying to understand it-my heart
would go crazy! The nurses threatened to ban Lawrence from the unit!. I sat
for the exam 3 weeks after the hospitalization. AND passed! Now to re sit
next year!)

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