Hi! I'd ring your original obstetrician... they should help you, but
failing
that you can visit the LactMed site, and look up any drug you want to
take.
Trust me, I've used it a lot!
Just type "lactmed" into your browser's address bar, or follow this link:
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT
Good luck!
:0)
Jade.
"whodunit" <whodunit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Hi, all! Hope you are having a great weekend.
>
> Me, not so much. :-(
>
> I have seasonal allergies, and surprisingly didn't
> have any trouble in the spring while I was pg.
> But it looks like my fall allergies are starting to
> kick in. I usually have the sniffles but there are
> a few days in the spring and fall when I am sledgehammered
> with sneezing (there's been times when I've sneezed nearly
> a hundred times in a row!), my eyes swell shut, non-stop
> nose running, the works--AND THAT'S WITH THE ALLERGY MEDICINE
> I USUALLY TAKE!! :-O :-O
>
> At the twins 2 month visit I asked the ped. about allergy meds
> but didn't persist because I wasn't having trouble at that time--
> <smacks self in forehead> and the doctor said, oh no, you can't
> take any allergy medicine while nursing, it will dry up your milk!!
>
> Oy.
>
> I can't remember if I took claritin/loratidine when I was nursing
> Maya, and I don't remember having a lot of trouble with allergies
> but then again we were in California early on--I did have to have
> allergy shots once she was weaned because I was having MAJOR allergy
> problems (we lived in northern California which is so fertile you
> can drop a rock on the ground and something will grow from it so
> there was greenery EVERYWHERE, most of which I was allergic to!)
>
> Does anyone know offhand if I take loratidine will it dry my milk
> supply up? Or will the OTC stuff be okay? I hate to experiment and
> lose my milk supply--but surely there's something that might help
> before those few bad allergy days hit me?
>
> TIA, any advice is welcome, holistic, medical, whatever!!
>
> Carolyne in TX
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