Cathy,

I would would like to assume that being Haitian had little to do with the
Doc's decision but, then again, one never knows. I would trust your gut
instinct.

This type of thing goes on all the time. The physician decides, based on very
little or no knowledge of the drug or of breastfeeding, that the medication
is contraindicated.  Just yesterday I talked to a friend who is a physician
at a local hospital.  She "caught" another physician making the decision that
a mother couldn't breastfeed while on a particular med.  She diplomatically
discussed this with the physician and asked if he had looked up the med. to
identify its safety.  He sheepishly said no he had not.  They looked it up
together and sure enough, it was approved for use by breastfeeding mothers by
the AAP.  The physician was embarrassed.  Hopefully this made enough of an
impact on him that in the future he will be looking things up instead of
arbitrarily issuing orders that will alter lives.

Now think about this, breastfeeding aside.  If this physician did the same
thing only in a different capacity, such as giving "opinion" rather than
research based information to a cardiac patient, diabetic patient, etc.  How
would this have been viewed by his Attending? Why is breastfeeding not viewed
this way?

Ignorance runs rampant!!!

Linda Barrett, IBCLC

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