Lol at currently 9m old DS2 being considered extended!
Having now seen the consultant for my arthritis, they are putting me on DMARDs, one of three types - One is safe for BFing, one unknown, and one unsafe.
I understand the unethicalness of testing the babies if its known to pass into BM, and am glad the first one has already been found to be compatible so I won't need to stop yet (and hopefully making my whole post irrelevant, unless that drug doesnt work for me...) I have read the findings of the study for the first drug, and it was tested on small EBF babies.
Which leads to my query/irritation. If effects of drugs in BM are tested on EBF babies, is it really correct to say that a drug is completely incompatible with breastfeeding a one year old who is possibly only on one or two feeds a day? Two year old? Three? Surely the age and weight of the child, plus a low actual amount of milk makes even an unsafe drug safer than an EBF newborn?
Just in case it needs saying, obviously I won't put my child at risk by carrying on feeding if I have to go onto one of the other drugs, I'd just rather not stop yet unless I actually have to.
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BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability · 11/02/2013 06:44
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