BF and taking sertraline

[xxrealistmumxx]

Anyone else taking / taken sertraline for pnd and continued bf?

I've recently been prescribed sertraline due to feeling like I wasn't coping so well. This is my third child so it's not like is all new to me but this time round I've felt really overwhelmed, anxious and down.

I've been round I don't need to give up bf but I have to admit I'm worried how the meds might affect my baby.

Would love to hear others experience....

I was taking citalopram until my son was 6 Months, them changed onto 150mg sertraline. I read plenty of research which never gave a definitive answer other than x amount were effected in x amount of bf mums. In my case the benefits outweighed the small risks and my son seems fine, I have side effects (tiredness, no emotions) but he doesn't seem effected. But he's now 2 and only feeds at bedtime.
My research when he was younger concluded that breastmilk from a mother taking an antidepressant was still more beneficial than formula.