https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 20:12:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-medicine-because-youre-breastfeeding#post-134917 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:07:48 +0000 pelikila 134917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always referred to LactMed and then checked with the pharmacist before taking anything while nursing. <a href="http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT" rel="nofollow">http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-medicine-because-youre-breastfeeding#post-134829 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:40:56 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 134829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I take Tylenol; that's it. Sucks when all you really want is something like DayQuil. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-medicine-because-youre-breastfeeding#post-134789 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:23:15 +0000 lemondrop 134789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@enjollah: that sounds awful- hope you feel better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-medicine-because-youre-breastfeeding#post-134788 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:22:44 +0000 lemondrop 134788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I definitely take fewer things than I would before. To me, it seemed like pregnancy was easier to take medicine than breast feeding. I feel way more neurotic about medicine now- it is amazing what breastfeeding does to us mentally! I worry about supply, I worry about him going on boob strike, I worry about supply tanking, worry, worry, worry. </p> <p>I had a horrible headache the other day after working in the heat all morning- finally broke down and took my first Excedrine in over a year... and dumped all my milk for that night (even though it was ok according to Dr. Google, I would have called my LC if I was thinking of using it). </p> <p>A few days before that I had a crappy cold, and didn't want to take any cold medicine to dry up my milk supply... so I suffered with cough drops... and worried about taking them too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-medicine-because-youre-breastfeeding#post-134785 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:01:17 +0000 enjollah 134785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had my first clogged duct yesterday that came with a fever, chills, and body/headaches. I looked online to make sure I could take Tylenol. Fever and sick symptoms are gone, I think my clogged duct is still there... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-medicine-because-youre-breastfeeding#post-134778 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:10:24 +0000 sandy 134778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I take Tylenol for body pain and sometimes flonase when my allergies are bad - this was ok when I was pregnant so I'm ok taking it now. I am scared to take any other types of medication. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-medicine-because-youre-breastfeeding#post-134251 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:36:47 +0000 chopsuey 134251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll take tylenol only when I have a REALLY bad headache or if I'm super sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-medicine-because-youre-breastfeeding#post-134240 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:26:41 +0000 heffalump 134240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's one of the reasons I didn't continue to breastfeed. I always have to take meds. It was bad enough when I was pregnant and didn't have a choice, but in my case I feel like formula was better for everyone so I could take the meds I need and not worry about lo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-avoid-medicine-because-youre-breastfeeding#post-134237 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:24:14 +0000 Mrs. Bee 134237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Charlie was sick for a whole week and Mr. Bee and I finally succumbed and got sick too this weekend. I took some advil because I had really bad headaches, and I already knew they were safe to take. But I remember getting a cold shortly after having Olive and worrying about whether I could take cough drops (I did... ricola).</p> <p>I do tend to avoid medicine if I can because I'm breastfeeding, but when it comes to advil/tylenol, I take it if I need it.</p> <p>What about you? </p>