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
>