[blparent] Breast milk production treatments

[Tatyana]

Who can put you on that drug reglan, lactation consultant or medical doctor?
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From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:19 AM
Subject: [blparent] Breast milk production treatments


> Phenugreek is another herbal remedy used to increase milk production. I
> also ate oatmeal and barley for almost every meal to help. They did put
> me on reglan once other remedies were not working. I had previously been
> on Reglan to help with acid reflux during my first trimester when the
> nausea was severe. It does, however, have some pretty extreme side
> affects that you should be aware of, fatigue being the least of them. If
> you're producing milk, I would suggest sticking to other methods and
> avoiding reglan unless an extreme case like mine where no milk was
> producing, and even then, be very aware of the possible side affects.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
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> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:24:31 -0600
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] breast feeding
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> Hi.  Please also keep in mind that massage or nipple manipulation during
>
> pregnancy will, first of all, not increase your milk supply, and
> secondly,
> it can be very dangerous because it can stimulate uterine contractions
> before you or your baby are ready to have them.
>
> Once you are ready to start breastfeeding, if you find that your milk
> supply
> needs a boost, there are supplements you can use.  The best one I found
> was
> called More Milk Plus, and I got it at motherlove.com.  There's also
> goat's
> rue, which is available in a capsule and also in a tea.
>
> Then there are all sorts of folk remedies that are supposed to build
> milk
> supply.  I think I tried every single one of them--eating oatmeal or
> carrots
> or purple cabbage leaves, drinking Stout beer with salt peanuts, I don't
>
> remember what all.
>
> Oh, and then there's Reglan.  My advice to anybody who is offered this
> prescription drug as a choice is to remember the Ragan years and just
> say
> no!  The drug is usually used to combat acid reflux, and in some cases,
> it
> has been shown to increase milk supply.  But a great many women have
> debilitating fatigue as a side effect.  I was one of them.  Not just the
>
> kind of fatigue where you feel worn out.  I had fatigue that made
> walking
> from the couch to the kitchen almost insurmountable.  I would hear my
> baby
> crying and feel absolutely physically unable to get up and do anything
> about
> it.  The hard part about the drug, too, is that you have to build up
> slowly
> on it, and go down slowly when you want to get off.  So even if the
> immobilizing fatigue takes you over and you start cutting back your
> doses,
> it might be a week or more before you can stop taking Reglan entirely.
> And
> then more time has to go by for the residual effects to get out of your
> system.  It was at least a few months before I felt like myself again
> after
> taking Reglan.  At the very least, I would advise anyone to research the
>
> drug thoroughly on the Internet, and then try to have help with baby
> care
> till you find out how Reglanwill affect you.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
>
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