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Science You Can Use: Could your blood pressure medication be causing breastfeeding pain?
A recent case study has raised an interesting issue: For women with a vascular condition called Raynaud’s phenomenon, could taking a certain blood pressure medication - Labetalol - cause breastfeeding pain?* This article told the story of a woman in … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Main Content, Science News
Tagged blood pressure medidation, breastfeeding pain, labetalol, nifedipine, pregnancy induced hypertension, raynaud's phenomenon, raynaud's vasospasm of the nipple, thrush, vasoconstrictor, vasodialator
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Last revised on 02/05/2013
Last revised on 02/05/2013
Booby Traps Series: Moms with breastfeeding pain suffer when providers don’t know how to help
This post is the 55th in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. Pain with breastfeeding is a leading cause of early weaning. So when moms are in pain and turn to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Booby Traps, Empower, Main Content, Prepare
Tagged aap residency curriculum, american academy of pediatrics, Booby Traps, breastfeeding, candidiasis, engorgement, mastitis, nipple pain, obstetricians, pediatricians, plugged ducts, thrush
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Last revised on 08/27/2012
Last revised on 08/27/2012
It’s Thrush. Or Is it?
If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it must be a duck right? Not necessarily if that “duck” is thrush in a breastfeeding mom. Thrush (a yeast infection most commonly caused by the fungus Candida albicans) … Continue reading
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Tagged bacterial infection, latch problems, thrush, vasospasm, yeast
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Last revised on 07/28/2011
Last revised on 07/28/2011