For an asymptomatic patient with endometriosis(and obviously no current probelms with infertility) I might not treat at all. However my first choice for treatment if I decided to treat would be oral contriceptives which are not contraindicated in a mom with an extablished milk supply!! I would encourage her to question the physician again as to why she needs to treat this problem now and his choice of drugs. Shevaun(family physician) > ---------- > From: Hollands[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 8:29 PM > Subject: Endometriosis > > Hi all, I am in need of your collective wisdom once again. I have a > mom > that has been told by her OB that she needs to wean her 3 week old > baby so > that he can put her on estrogen for her endometriosis. I searched the > archives and did not come up with much, so I am hoping that someone > can > answer my questions. > Will breastfeeding reduce her symptoms of endometriosis? (she is > asymptomatic, now) > Will it be dependent on whether she has her menses or not? > Is estrogen the only way to ease her symptoms? > I do not need cited references for this mom, just someone that has had > experience with this. This poor mom has really been through the > mill...last week, her pediatrician told her that she had to wean the > baby > from the breast because of lactose intolerance (all of those yellow, > runny > stools). > > TIA, > Pam Holland, BS, IBCLC > Savannah, Ga >