- Foreword
- Contributors
- 1 General Approach to Pregnancy Care in the Neurologic Patient
- 2 Pregnancy Safety and Termination
- 3 Contraception Options in Neurologic Disease
- 4 Pregnancy Physiology
- 5 Fetal Imaging for the Neurologist
- 6 Prenatal Genetics for Women with Neurology Disease
- 7 Radiation Exposure and Neuroimaging During Pregnancy
- 8 Cognitive Changes in Pregnancy
- 9 Principles of Reproductive Healthcare in Chronic Neurologic Disease
- 10 Immune-mediated Disorders of the Central Nervous System
- 11 Neurologic Infections in Pregnancy
- 12 Headache
- 13 Traumatic Brain Injury and Pregnancy
- 14 Ischemic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
- 15 Hemorrhagic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
- 16 Management of Intracranial Vascular Lesions During Pregnancy
- 17 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- 18 Brain Tumors in Pregnancy
- 19 Movement Disorders in Pregnancy
- 20 Pregnancy and Epilepsy
- 21 Seizure Medications Effects on Fetus, Neonate, and Lactation
- 22 Postpartum Care for Women with Epilepsy
- 23 Sleep Disorders and Pregnancy
- 24 Neuromuscular Diseases
- 25 Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Pregnancy
- 26 Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy in Pregnancy
- 27 Entrapment Neuropathy and Pregnancy
- 28 Neurocutaneous Disorders in Pregnancy
- 29 Spinal Cord Injury in Pregnancy
- 30 Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMDs) and Pregnancy
- 31 Approach to Delivery in the Patient with Neurologic Disease
- 32 Anesthetic Considerations for Neurologic Patients
- 33 Neurologic Complications in Obstetric Anesthesia
- 34 Perinatal Depression in Neurological Disease and Disability
- 35 Breastfeeding in the Context of Neurological Disorders
- Index
(p. 356) Breastfeeding in the Context of Neurological Disorders
- Chapter:
- (p. 356) Breastfeeding in the Context of Neurological Disorders
- Author(s):
Ruth A. Lawrence
, and Casey Rosen-Carole
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780190667351.003.0035
Lactation is the physiologic process of milk production and the completion of the pregnancy cycle. The goal for all pregnancies should be to support and encourage women to breastfeed, as the benefits to both mother and infant are well established. However, when managing pregnancy and lactation with a woman who also has a neurological disorder, it is essential to understand the impact on lactation of both the disease and the medications for treating the disease. Ideally disease control can be optimized and medications altered to reduce any negative influence on the mother or infant during lactation. Although neurologic disease does not typically interfere with breastfeeding, limited mobility, fatigue, decreased sensation, medications, and surgeries may add additional challenges for the breastfeeding woman with a neurologic condition. The goal of the neurologist, obstetrician, pediatrician, and lactation consultant should be to support and encourage breastfeeding, while minimizing the risk of medications for the infant.
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- Foreword
- Contributors
- 1 General Approach to Pregnancy Care in the Neurologic Patient
- 2 Pregnancy Safety and Termination
- 3 Contraception Options in Neurologic Disease
- 4 Pregnancy Physiology
- 5 Fetal Imaging for the Neurologist
- 6 Prenatal Genetics for Women with Neurology Disease
- 7 Radiation Exposure and Neuroimaging During Pregnancy
- 8 Cognitive Changes in Pregnancy
- 9 Principles of Reproductive Healthcare in Chronic Neurologic Disease
- 10 Immune-mediated Disorders of the Central Nervous System
- 11 Neurologic Infections in Pregnancy
- 12 Headache
- 13 Traumatic Brain Injury and Pregnancy
- 14 Ischemic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
- 15 Hemorrhagic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
- 16 Management of Intracranial Vascular Lesions During Pregnancy
- 17 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- 18 Brain Tumors in Pregnancy
- 19 Movement Disorders in Pregnancy
- 20 Pregnancy and Epilepsy
- 21 Seizure Medications Effects on Fetus, Neonate, and Lactation
- 22 Postpartum Care for Women with Epilepsy
- 23 Sleep Disorders and Pregnancy
- 24 Neuromuscular Diseases
- 25 Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Pregnancy
- 26 Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy in Pregnancy
- 27 Entrapment Neuropathy and Pregnancy
- 28 Neurocutaneous Disorders in Pregnancy
- 29 Spinal Cord Injury in Pregnancy
- 30 Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMDs) and Pregnancy
- 31 Approach to Delivery in the Patient with Neurologic Disease
- 32 Anesthetic Considerations for Neurologic Patients
- 33 Neurologic Complications in Obstetric Anesthesia
- 34 Perinatal Depression in Neurological Disease and Disability
- 35 Breastfeeding in the Context of Neurological Disorders
- Index