Some of the issues here is if the doctor is sure that the medication that he wants to prescribe: 1- is really contraindicated in bf 2- is really the one the mother needs. There are often several possibilities worth trying, even if we know that different people react to different drugs. So few doctors understand why anyone would want to nurse such an "old" baby. I think that in depressed women they just see this wanting to continue breastfeeding as yet another symptom of the mother's ill health rather than what it really is - a symptom of her health. I have had several mothers turn to me for information about this problem. There is a lot in the Lactnet archives and more in the medical literature. It helps to share some of this information with the women involved. Perhaps it will then get to the doctor as well. One mother told me that she was so glad to know that the problem is being discussed and addressed in various places- her doctor had made her feel as if she was the only "nut" who would not wean to take the meds. Sarah Sarah Friend Barnett LLLL, IBCLC Bronx (New York City), NY - [log in to unmask] " You are not obliged to finish the task, neither are you free to neglect it." R. Tarfon *********************************************** 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