Breastfeeding and General Anestetic

[daisymomma]

After months of constant bleeding I am undergoing an endometrial ablation this week and also the Essure procedure where I will have the coils put in my tubes.My OB/Gyn said I have to pump and dump that first time before breastfeeding but he said there would be cramping and I would think that pumping would make it worse.
My baby is going to be one on April 7 and I haven't really pumped cause he won't take a bottle it is only recently when I needed to have him take one he did.He has been started on whole milk a few weeks early to accomadate all this but I plan to keep nursing.Are there certain general anestetics that are safe that I can just nurse him when we are reunited after we pick him up from the sitters?

[admin]

Daisy:

In general I suggest that after surgery, you wait a few hours until you feel more or less normal and not sedated. I would assume since you are going home you would probably have to be in this state prior to leaving the surgery center. So in general, if you wait a few hours postsurgery, and feel OK, then its probably fine to breastfeed your infant. In addition, the fact that your infant is 1 year old is helpful, as he will be able to tolerate any small amounts of drug present in the milk. But pumping and discarding one time after the surgery, is not a bad idea at all.

Tom Hale Ph.D.