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You Tube
I’ve have been adding presentations on YouTube so that they are available for professional CPD whenever you are free and also to help families where the written word is less accessible. Forgive my my tech skills arent perfect ( but I’m learning) . More videos to come. If there is one you would like to request mail me wendy@breastfeeding-and-medication.co.uk
Breastfeeding and Medication You Tube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvkXp8oV-zMqcpWTsnULow
Breastfeeding and Chronic Medical Conditions
Today is my birthday but I decided I wanted to share my day with the wider world so I have decreased the price of Breastfeeding and Chronic Medical Conditions. The paperpack is now £9.99 instead of £14.99 and the kindle reduced to £4.99 from £9.99 . I hope that it answers many of the questions asked including painkillers, antibiotics and procedures as well as breastfeeding problems and the many medical conditions.
Rosacea and breastfeeding
It is funny how questions come in groups. At the moment many mothers are contacting me with questions about Rosacea particularly wanting to use Soolantra (Ivermectin cream).
This is the chapter from my book Breastfeeding and Chronic Medical Conditions which I hope helps. https://tinyurl.com/mbbebe8x
The information on ivermectin cream is limited but Hale suggests a relative infant dose of 1.3 even after oral medication, so topical absorption is unlikely to affect a breastfed infant.
Please email me with any questions wendy@breastfeeding-and-medication.co.uk
Rosacea and breastfeeding factsheet
Perinatal mental health and Breastfeeding
I have recorded the presentation which I have frequently given about perinatal mental health and breastfeeding. It should be used after listening to ” How drugs get into milk”
How do drugs get into breastmilk?
as it contains the pharmacokinetic data of drugs prescribed for perinatal mental health including SSRIs, anti anxiety medication and anti psychotics. It also includes research studies about the links between mental health and breastfeeding.
I hope this may increase prescriber’s knowledge as well as empower peer supporters and parents.
How do drugs get into breastmilk?
I have recorded this powerpoint to help everyone understand how drugs pas into milk and by appreciating this how we can evaluate the information within specialist sources. I hope it is useful CPD for professionals. The information is in all my books if you want to read more.
If you have a question please message me
wendy@breastfeeding-and-medication.co.uk
Covid Vaccine and Breastfeeding
I have been inundated with questions about the vaccine against Covid 19 and breastfeeding. Initially the recommendation was that it shouldnt be given until a mother had stopped breastfeeding (which caused consternation in the front line workers who needed it so badly to protect themselves and their families as well as patients ). This was revised by the MHRA and JCI once the first urgency of licensing the vaccines was past.
The information is that either the Pfizer/BioNtech or Astra Zenica/Oxford vaccines can be administered to a breastfeeding mother. I wrote this update for BfN which contains links to all the other information including InfantRisk
However, there are still queries from mothers who have been unsettled by poor information circulating on social media. I hope to allay these fears but ultimately the decision which you make is that which feels right for you.
- No there havent been any studies on the transfer through milk to babies but one is currently being undertaken by Imperial College using the milk of mothers before and after vaccination.
- It is not possible to interrupt breastfeeding for a period to minimise the transfer of milk. Vaccines do not have a half life like drugs.
- We have no reason to believe that the COVID-19 vaccine transfers into milk any more than any other vaccine which we use. What transfers are antibodies which the mother has made. We look forward to hearing whether these offer any protection to the baby. We know that antibodies after the mother has had COVID do transfer and protect.
I hope that this helps to answer some of the frequently asked questions and that all those having the vaccine stay safe and well as they work so hard to protect and treat the rest of us.
