[blparent] Breast milk production treatments

Tue Sep 25 18:19:18 UTC 2012

Thank you Jo Elisabeth for sharing that.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Breast milk production treatments


> 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
>
> Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
> kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
> evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Tatyana
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:36 AM
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> 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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