To protect nursing babies, health care providers must consider varying factors before prescribing or recommending medications to breastfeeding mothers.
From delivery to postpartum needs, doctors must think about the age of the baby, other nutritional supplements and alternative remedies for the mother.
The leading expert in the use of medications in breastfeeding women, Dr. Thomas Hale, is speaking at a medical conference in Warrenton on Sept. 24.
Sponsored by the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Nurse Midwives, the Fauquier Hospital and Virginia Commonwealth University, an all-day event will feature Hale at the Highland Center for the Arts.
Certified Nurse Midwife Kathleen McClelland, who is treasurer for the Virginia chapter, said the group hasn’t had a pharmacology component to its annual conference for about five years.
“We thought it was time to do another,” McClelland said. “Anyone who works in any capacity with breastfeeding mothers and babies would be interested in this information.”
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