MGSO4 and breast feeding

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do any of your docs allow a mom to breast feed while on magnesium IV ? what are your policies and procedures foe mag.

Thanks for the info guys!

I myself don't usually head for the breastfeeding/drug compatibility book unless I don't have an LC around to ask these types of questions to. So if an LC tells me to have mom pump & dump, that's what I do.

But I appreciate the info, and I'll be checking into this myself. Why in the world are they having me do this then? Most of those moms have given up, what a waste!

Heather

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Thanks for the info guys!

I myself don't usually head for the breastfeeding/drug compatibility book unless I don't have an LC around to ask these types of questions to. So if an LC tells me to have mom pump & dump, that's what I do.

But I appreciate the info, and I'll be checking into this myself. Why in the world are they having me do this then? Most of those moms have given up, what a waste!

Heather

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That's why I love it here....I learn something new all the time. I also access perinatology listserves for the same reason. We all can get in that "blinder mode" whereby "we have always done it that way and it works" w/o even thinking to consider what others do in other parts of the country, and that maybe our practices are either outdated or inefficient. It is amazing how far behind in some areas I see our practices are.....change is hard to make, esp when working with folks who have done it that way for 25, 30 years. (and I do mostly, I am considered "new" as a nurse with only 5 years' experience). But if you have the backup, it can be done! Good luck, Heather!

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

That's why I love it here....I learn something new all the time. I also access perinatology listserves for the same reason. We all can get in that "blinder mode" whereby "we have always done it that way and it works" w/o even thinking to consider what others do in other parts of the country, and that maybe our practices are either outdated or inefficient. It is amazing how far behind in some areas I see our practices are.....change is hard to make, esp when working with folks who have done it that way for 25, 30 years. (and I do mostly, I am considered "new" as a nurse with only 5 years' experience). But if you have the backup, it can be done! Good luck, Heather!

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Never in 23 yrs have I ever had a pt pump and discard with mag

Maybe it is the area you live in. We have only had Lactation Consultants for about 6 or 7 yrs.

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Never in 23 yrs have I ever had a pt pump and discard with mag

Maybe it is the area you live in. We have only had Lactation Consultants for about 6 or 7 yrs.

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It is peds call and most still say pump and dump. However, our LC's are vigorously lobbying to change that and a few of the peds have listened and changed their orders.

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It is peds call and most still say pump and dump. However, our LC's are vigorously lobbying to change that and a few of the peds have listened and changed their orders.

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We do not make them pump and dump. I will ask our LC tommorrow to get her opinion on this.

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We do not make them pump and dump. I will ask our LC tommorrow to get her opinion on this.

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We have never restricted moms on Mag from breastfeeding, as long as they felt up to it, which is usually more of a problem than the potential effects of Mag on the infant.

If the mom is on such a high dose that there is a real concern for passing excessive amounts of Mag on to the baby, then the baby's Mag levels can be monitored. I've seen this done only once, and the baby was no where near toxic.

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Specializes in Maternal - Child Health.

We have never restricted moms on Mag from breastfeeding, as long as they felt up to it, which is usually more of a problem than the potential effects of Mag on the infant.

If the mom is on such a high dose that there is a real concern for passing excessive amounts of Mag on to the baby, then the baby's Mag levels can be monitored. I've seen this done only once, and the baby was no where near toxic.

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