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Re: is motilidone safe to take while pregnant
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 Mar 2001 12:18:14 -0600 (CST)
While I was pregnant they prescribed Reglan (brand name of the drug you
describe, I think) for hyperemisis. It should be safe in pregnancy.
Hope this helps.
At Thu, 29 Mar 2001, jennifer wrote:
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>i am expecting in august. am still nursing samuel who will be two soon.
>motilidone was given when sam was newborn. he refused to nurse for
>first 6 wks. and as i was pumping pediatrician explained pumping is not
>same action as baby sucking, therefore wasnt surprise lactation had
>decreased. she offered this motilidone explaining that its for stomache
>ailment, but was found to have side effect of increased milk production.
>info from label says take one three times daily motilidone 90 mg (for
>motdomperidone dunno what that means
>we tried it and after 2 wks. i got the baby nursing. (that after
>pediatrician said he's now bottle baby at month old appt. :) the
>motilidone was set aside. the problem is milk is reduced to nothing. i
>cleared nursing while pregnant (after some acquaintances scolded me for
>doing so) with both pediatrician and ob (pediatrician wanted to see sam
>get atleast 20 oz. of milk or equivalent daily as she assumed my milk
>would be reduced during pg we dont know by how much. she said average
>amount of breast milk would have been 30 oz. but now that im pg, good
>guess is its cut atleast by half if not more, so reduction needs
>compensation... at time of the appt. i didnt anticipate milk would
>almost disappear like it has, so didnt think to ask about this; ob gave
>me ok to nurse, said no harm would come to unborn baby). am intending
>to tandem nurse. live over 2 hrs drive to the city. am not due for
>another appt for a few wks. would like to take this stuff to get milk
>going (sam is pulling hard on tender nipples trying in vain) but am
>wondering is it contraindicated during pregnancy? many thnx in advance
>for this. jenn
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