[blparent] Breast milk production treatments

Tue Sep 25 17:09:07 UTC 2012

The drug can be recommended by a lactation consultant, but it has to be 
prescribed by a medical doctor.  And as far as that goes, you might want two 
opinions.  The first doctor I went to, I'd seen throughout my pregnancy, and 
disliked a lot.  There had just been too much going on in my life to shop 
around for another doctor.  She refused to give me the Reglan but wouldn't 
tell me why.  She just said it wasn't intended for the stimulation of milk 
production; it was an acid reflux drug.  That was the final straw because I 
was so intent on getting my milk supply up, so I found another doctor.  He 
gave me Reglan and told me nothing about the possible side effects or FDA 
warnings.  When the fatigue hit me between the eyes, I called my lactation 
consultant, and she said that yes, fatigue was one of the side effects and 
she was surprised I hadn't been informed.  After reading about the black box 
warnings on this list last night, I went to look up the meaning, and I found 
that I'd been given another drug last summer that had a warning, without 
being told.  I think it might be time for me to go doctor shopping again, 
and pharmacy shopping as well.

Jo Elizabeth

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Tatyana
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:36 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Breast milk production treatments

Who can put you on that drug reglan, lactation consultant or medical doctor?
----- Original Message ----- 
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
>
> Message: 40
> 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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