Regarding Breastfeeding and not healing because of Relaxin. Where do these doc's come up with such tales?? At our hospital moms breastfeed as soon as they are awake from the complete gamut of surgical procedures. No one as said they need to stop because Relaxin is slowing the healing process. I would like to see the reference to that statement too. Jan Aken RN IBCLC > -----Original Message----- > From: Lactation Information and Discussion > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Claudia G. RN/IBCLC > Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 11:11 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: breastfeeding and healing > > Please help! I have a mom who is breastfeeding her 6 month old and needs to > have surgery on her elbow. The orthopedic dr told her that she would have to > wean her baby before he would perform the surgery because the same hormones > that relax the pelvis are still in her body because she is breastfeeding and > she won't heal fast enough. I read that relaxin is high in the milk but do > you think this is what he means? I told her to ask him for the reference he is > using but she wanted me to post to see what you'all say! > Thanks! > Claudia Globerger RN/IBCLC > > *********************************************** > > 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 *********************************************** 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