In attempting to help moms with anxiety or depression, some alternatives to conventional medicine have been suggested. Two alternatives mentioned are kava and GABA for anxiety. With conventional medicine, there seem to be studies (at least sometimes) to give an indication of whether a drug is safe during pregnancy and BF, but I am wondering about these alternatives to conventional drugs. I am new to Lactnet and wonder if these things have been discussed before (I imagine St. John's Wort has been) but am wondering if anyone has information about the safety of the above two supplements during both pregnancy and BF. Thanks Betsy Koval Grand Ledge MI LLL *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html