OB-GYN-L Messages for March, 2001: Re: breastfeeding on MgSO4

Re: breastfeeding on MgSO4

From: Efrain Ramirez

eramirez@icepr.com

Fri Mar 23 18:50:50 2001

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At Fri, 23 Mar 2001, ainsron@msn.com wrote: >
>Your pediatricians need to review the literature, it is not
>contraindicated. This is a summary from Briggs, Drugs in Pregnancy and
>Lactation:
>Breast Feeding Summary
>Magnesium salts may be encountered by nursing mothers using
>over-the-counter laxatives. A study in which 50 mothers received an
>emulsion of magnesium and liquid petrolatum or mineral oil found no
>evidence of changes or frequency of stools in nursing infants (33). In
>10 preeclamptic patients receiving magnesium sulfate, 1 g/hour IV during
>the first 24 hours after delivery, magnesium levels in breast milk were
>64 痢/mL as compared with 48 痢/mL in nontreated controls (34).
>Twenty-four hours after stopping the drug, milk levels in treated and
>nontreated patients were 38 and 32 痢/mL, respectively. By 48 hours,
>the levels were identical in the two groups. Milk:plasma ratios were
>1.9 and 2.1 in treated and nontreated patients, respectively. The
>American Academy of Pediatrics considers magnesium sulfate to be
>compatible with breast feeding (35).
>
>At Thu, 22 Mar 2001, elizabeth bary wrote:
>>
>>Thanks to everyone who responded to my earlier inquiry about the support for
>>homebirths, seems the MD's were right about that one, can't do it due to
>>liability.
>> New dilemma: Anyone know of resources supporting breastfeeding while mom
>>is on MgSO4 therapy. Our pediatricians refuse to allow it, some require a
>>24 hour waiting period after discontinuation, however one of my docs says he
>>was taught in residency that that practice has no foundation in fact. Can't
>>find references to present to Peds, anyone?
>>Beth Bary CNM
>>Jeffersonville, IN
>
>--
>Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD
>

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