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Message for WifeofGeek - re: prozac in last trimester...

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Jackaroo · 11/04/2009 22:46

Just saw your last message on the prozac thread earlier Wifey and thought I was respond - my understanding is that most of the side effects that Have been found, are as a result of the baby still being on the drugs (as it were) when born, or soon after....jitteriness, floppy, needs a little help with breathing etc etc.. all withdrawal symptoms.......

Hence my working towards as low a dose as possible now I'm nearly 30 weeks...

something else to remember though, is that the mother's blood volume has increased enormously by the 3rd trimester, so unless she has been increasing the dose somewhat (as many women do have to do) she will have have been getting used to lower doses gradually. I'm wondering if that's why I've found it easier and easier to withdraw. Obviously, if you are still suffering from depression/have antenatal depression then it makes sense to keep going with the drugs, and deal with whatever comes after.

All the studies suggest that the baby is at far greater risk having a depressed mother than having drugs in utero. In fact, something that came out last year showed that there were differences in the brain development (not "cleverness" but mood iirc) in the first 12 months when a mother had PND, so definitely v. impt to keep with the drugs if necessary. My best option (and I suspect most womens) is drugs plus therapy, but I do understand that therapy can be hard to come by. If you haven't had any, worth trying to line it up for postnatal period...

HTH.

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WifeofGeek · 13/04/2009 20:46

Thanks for message.

TotalChaos · 13/04/2009 20:49

Not read any current research (was PG back in 2004!)- but I was on 20 mg prozac for most of last trimester. DS didn't have any withdrawal effects. I was advised to breastfeed to reduce the risk of withdrawal effects.

WifeofGeek · 13/04/2009 23:10

I've been told by hospital not to BF as they can then monitor baby when born, which makes sense. I really wanted to BF tho. Anyway I will do whats best for baby. Seeing GP on Wednesday and will she what she says, hospital said they couldn't comment on me reducing/coming off as they are ante natal!

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