Comments on: How Contradictory Medication Information and Advice Wrecks Breastfeeding and Moms

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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:01:59 +0000

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By: nikki weston

nikki weston — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:49:58 +0000

visit naturalparents.co uk for more info

By: nikki weston

nikki weston — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:49:20 +0000

One of my doula friends just became a Placenta Encapsulation Specialist, because ingesting the placenta can help prevent or drastically reduce post-partum depression, AND boost milk supply. This sounds like a subject for BreastfeedingMomsUnite to explore! *wink*

one of the women on our forum did this!!!!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:47:34 +0000

Yeah, Tom Cruise! I guess he’s entitled to his opinions, eh? I know my PPA was very freaking real to me. What’s a man doing spouting off about womens’ issues anyways? More listening, less talk, dude.

I’m also of the more natural bent, and I consulted a naturopath for some supplements to take for PPA (and SAD which I also have…well, my PPA has resolved now, so I guess I should omit the ‘also’). Good quality fish oils was on the top of her list, as well as Vitamin D, simple B vitamin, and a prenatal multi. For SAD I add St John’s Wort and an adreanal support with a huge long name I can’t remember off the top of my head. I’m aware that the affect may have a placebo component, but I have to tell you that if I forget one or more dosages, it takes me days to recover. It works wonders for me. Like, I feel like I’ve finally found something that can help me feel normal and stable enough to have the energy to expend to stay on top of my moods and my thought patterns enough to be happy. The supplements don’t make me happy, they make me stable, so that I can do the mental work it takes to be happy and peaceful.

And peace, my friends, is priceless. Especially for an anxiety sufferer.

(I had also heard of Placenta Encapsulation; sounds equal parts fascinating and gross!)
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By: TheFeministBreeder

TheFeministBreeder — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:46:05 +0000

http://www.placentabenefits.info/
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By: Melodie

Melodie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:13:54 +0000

@The FeministBreeder – That makes so much sense! I was just saying over at my other post that I have advocated for clients to their psychiatrist for them to try nutritional supplements but it is always met with a resounding “no!” and I have never understood why. I think many psychiatrists just don’t have the info on food and nutrition and how it works in the body to be comfortable recommending it. Their world is one of meds meds and more meds. They go to conferences about the latest meds and take part in research studies on the latest meds, but to actually go out of their way to learn about food and vitamins? I guess they see it as a waste of their time. So sad really. Dr. Hoffman of Victoria, BC, who just died of very old age a few years ago was a world renowned psychiatrist who treated schizophrenia with mega-vitamin therapy. It didn’t work for all but worked for some. His research was extensive and my clients often knew more about it than their psychiatrist. They’d go with their family members with hope in their eyes only to be told it was junk science and not supported. If the clients got released from care sometimes they told me they would try it on their own. I don’t know what the results were because they were off my radar at that point too. But I think if it’s safe and a food source, what could possibly be wrong about it? (Now I’m talking oils not Mega vitamins).

By: TheFeministBreeder

TheFeministBreeder — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:51:28 +0000

See, the Effexor endorsement from Hale is exactly why I don’t trust any doctor who’d recommend a pharmaceutical to me before any other possible solution. I learned more about post-partum mood disorders from the freaking chick at Whole Foods than I did from my doctors when they were prescribing me the Zoloft. And I *KNOW* that it caused my son’s weight gain issues (which nobody mentioned could happen, and was something they tried to get me to formula feed over, but I did my research and simply removed the source of the problem rather than continuing the problem and introducing formula as a Band-Aid.)

I don’t think we should be ignoring Perinatal mood problems, but I hope that mothers can learn about other options outside of mainstream drugs. Studies have shown that the placenta sucks all the DHA out of a mother’s brain toward the end of pregnancy, and the lack of DHA in a mother can cause post-partum depression. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/431587 That’s why I started taking a Fish Oil supplement. I can’t tell yet if it has cured me, but I do feel a little better. Could be a placebo effect, I don’t know, but either way I’m not anxious about what’s going into my brain or bloodstream as long as I’m taking non-pharmaceutical alternatives.

All around, perinatal mental health needs to be more thoroughly researched, and mothers suffering NEED support and options for treatment.
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