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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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

I take Tylenol; that's it. Sucks when all you really want is something like DayQuil.