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Re: Postpartum Estrogen Patch From: Larry Glazerman (l.glazerman@rcn.com) Wed May 16 11:17:18 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Carlos Brito: "Re: Postpartum Estrogen Patch" Previous message: Denise Sobel: "Re: Postpartum Estrogen Patch" In reply to: Daniel Flaherty: "Re: Postpartum Estrogen Patch" Next in thread: Carlos Brito: "Re: Postpartum Estrogen Patch" Reply: Carlos Brito: "Re: Postpartum Estrogen Patch" I've occasionally used vaginal estrogen for atrophic like vaginitis in a nusring mom, but never heard of using a patch like this. At 11:51 AM 5/16/01, you wrote: >Sounds like a novel invention, hardly necessary at all. I do recall a >doctor handing out Premarin cream for vaginal lacerations in another >hospital. Given the hormone levels in a woman of childbearing age, it truly >is a waste of money. > >Dan Flaherty MD >Watertown SD >>----- Original Message ----- >From: "Cheri Van Hoover" <cherivh@home.com> >To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@mail.medispecialty.com> >Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 9:54 AM >Subject: Postpartum Estrogen Patch > > > One of the patients in our practice asked for an estrogen patch to use > > postpartum. > > > > She says she was given a patch by the OB she saw with her first pregnancy >3 > > years ago. He handed it to her on the postpartum unit, prior to >discharge, and > > told her to apply it on postpartum day 4 and leave it on for 10 days. He >told > > her she would be doing herself a "huge favor" and would avoid the >"plunging > > hormones" of the postpartum period. > > > > The patient did not experience postpartum depression, and attributes this >to the > > use of the patch. She says her milk came in fine. She did not develop > > thrombophlebitis or any other postpartum problems. > > > > This is a new one for me. Have any of you used an estrogen patch in this > > fashion? Is this practice based on any evidence? Was there some journal > > article I missed? Or did this OB invent this himself? > > > > Cheri Van Hoover, CNM > > San Francisco, CA > > Next message: Carlos Brito: "Re: Postpartum Estrogen Patch" Previous message: Denise Sobel: "Re: Postpartum Estrogen Patch" In reply to: Daniel Flaherty: "Re: Postpartum Estrogen Patch" Next in thread: Carlos Brito: "Re: Postpartum Estrogen Patch" Reply: Carlos Brito: "Re: Postpartum Estrogen Patch"

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