Worth knowing for nursing mothers, or soon to be nursing mothers!
“Breastfeeding benefits both infants and mothers in many ways as breast milk is easy to digest and contains antibodies that can protect infants from bacterial and viral infections. The World Health Organization recommends that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life. This new study shows that certain common antidepressant drugs may be linked to a common difficulty experienced by new mothers known as delayed secretory activation, defined as a delay in the initiation of full milk secretion.
“The breasts are serotonin-regulated glands, meaning the breasts’ ability to secrete milk at the right time is closely related to the body’s production and regulation of the hormone serotonin,” said Nelson Horseman, PhD, of the University of Cincinnati and co-author of the study. “Common antidepressant drugs like fluoxetine, sertraline and paroxetine are known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drugs and while they can affect mood, emotion and sleep they may also impact serotonin regulation in the breast, placing new mothers at greater risk of a delay in the establishment of a full milk supply.””
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whats with the creep Jerry Hall pic??
Why is it that these studies never seem to make to the local doctor’s office? More and more it feels like we need to do the research and bring it with us to our next appointment!
There is so much information out there. It’s really difficult for Doctors to keep up. Then you do bring in research if it’s not from the AMA then it doesn’t exist yet.
It seems like a challenge for Doctors & Patients.
More & more my belief is that we need to take a VERY proactive role in our own health care.