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Is gabapentin breastfeeding safe?
Key takeaways
The use of gabapentin is generally considered safe for both breastfeeding parents and their infants.
For both parents and babies, the main risk of gabapentin while breastfeeding is sedation. This is a greater risk for premature or medically fragile infants.
Speak to your healthcare provider to make sure gabapentin is the right medication for you as a nursing parent.
Check with your healthcare provider about breastfeeding and gabapentin if you are taking other prescription medica...
Why a Minimally Processed Diet Is a Paleo Diet
You probably know that eating a lot of processed food—especially food classified as ultra-processed— isn’t the best choice for your health. These foods are related to inflammation1 and oxidative stress in the body,2 and are linked to obesity, cardio-metabolic disorders, cancer, type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, irritable bowel syndrome, depression,3 and accelerated biological aging.4 The science is clear—what you eat impacts your health and well-being.
When you’re eating The Paleo Die...
A Doula’s Must-Haves for Pregnancy
As a doula, it’s my job to help people find what’s right for them throughout their experience of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. That often includes helping sort through the many thousands of products marketed to pregnant women and new parents. For example, do you really need a sheet mask for your belly? A wipe warmer? A Bluetoo...
What Is The Luteal Phase? How Does it Affect How You Feel?
The luteal phase is the phase of the menstrual cycle that happens after ovulation. This phase is the unsung hero of your menstrual cycle, prepping your body for pregnancy or your next period.
It’s marked by a rise in progesterone, the hormone that supports a healthy cycle and that influences everything from your mood to your energy levels. The luteal phase can last anywhere from 10-17 days, although 12-14 days is most common.
Learn more about the luteal phase, includ...
Your 2 Month Postpartum Body: What’s Typical, What’s Not
Congratulations! You’ve made it six weeks (or longer!) since your little one was born. Postpartum can be an intense time, but the good news is your recovery is well underway. You may or may not feel 100 percent back to "normal," but the six-week mark is a big milestone in your recovery.
New Maternal Health Fund Aims to Support Black Louisiana Parents
What if every Black parent in Louisiana had the support they needed for a healthy, happy pregnancy and childbirth? For one organization, that’s not just a rhetorical question—it’s the goal they’re working towards with a new reproductive health mutual aid fund.
Birthmark is a worker-owned birth justice collective that’s been providing doula care, lactation support, and advocacy work for more than a decade in New Orleans. While...
Is it safe to breastfeed while taking lisinopril?
Key takeaways
The effect of lisinopril on breastfed babies or milk supply is unknown.
There are currently no studies on the safety of lisinopril while lactating.
Lisinopril may still be an appropriate medication for you to take if you are breastfeeding, but another ACE inhibitor may be a better choice.
Speak to your healthcare provider to help determine whether lisinopril is the right medication for you as a nursing parent.
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Lisinopril nursing considerations
How long to wait
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Why Do People Have Such Intense Dreams After EMDR Therapy?
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, has been steadily growing in popularity, with both practitioners and patients touting this therapy’s efficacy to help people heal from anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions. (1) Along with its mental health benefits, EMDR can have a surprising effect on your sleep — particularly your dreams.
EMDR helps...
6 Lifestyle Adjustments That Can Boost Your Fertility
It’s finally happening—you’ve decided to start “trying.” Your prenatal vitamins are in the medicine cabinet, your ovulation strips are ready to go, and you have a secret list of baby names in your Notes app.
Still, you may be wondering if there’s anything you can do in your daily life to improve your chances of getting pregnant. The answer is yes—there are a few mindful lifestyle changes that can positively affect your fertility.
Before diving into the specific tweaks, a quick note on timing....
Pulling Back the Curtain on C-Sections and Childbirth
Cesareans account for almost one-third of U.S. births. Yet they are still an often misunderstood way to give birth—hidden behind the door of the operating room, an experience from which parents can emerge bewildered and profoundly unsupported. Invisible, in a sense.
From that idea comes a new book out today by Rachel Somerstein investigating surgical birth: Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section.
Somerstein, a journalist and professor at State University of New York at New ...
Understanding the Types of Doulas: Fertility, Birth, and Postpartum
What is a Doula?
If you’re contemplating having a baby, you’ve heard about doulas. Maybe you have a vague idea of what they do, and you’re vaguely aware that a doula is like a birth coach (which is accurate!). But they are so much more! Doulas are trained non-medical professionals who support people through all kinds of reproductive experiences, from fertility to postpartum.
Doulas are companions and space-holders with vast experience in helping others navigate essential transitions. While no...
I’m a Pregnant Doula and I Tried Bump Boxes. Are They Worth It?
As a doula for over a decade, I’m all about products and services that make life easier or more special for pregnant people. Pregnancy can be an intense time of life and expectant parents need a lot of support. And if that support comes in the form of useful products, so be it.
I’m currently pregnant with my second child and on the hunt for things to enha...
How to handle a herpes outbreak on vacation
Have you ever headed out on an amazing trip, ready for fun and relaxation—just to be confronted with an itchy, painful outbreak of genital herpes? Yeah, us too. Whether it’s a beach trip, a weekend at a cozy cabin, or an epic European adventure, dealing with an outbreak of herpes on vacation is the opposite of fun.
Experiencing a herpes outbreak when you’re on vacation isn’t uncommon. This is because your body is under more stress in general (yes, even though the vacation is meant to be relax...
Can Stress Cause a Herpes Outbreak?
It doesn’t take a scientist to figure out that living with genital herpes is stressful. From managing outbreaks to figuring out when and how to disclose your status, it’s well, a lot. And if you’ve ever noticed that you experience outbreaks even more when you’re worried, anxious, or under pressure, it’s not in your head. There is a real, evidence-based relationship between stress and outbreaks.
You’ve likely observed that you get an outbreak when you’re feeling stressed out, like during a tou...
How lysine and lemon balm help herpes symptoms
Herpes (HSV-1 and HSV-2) is kind of a mysterious virus. For some, the virus remains dormant and they never get an outbreak, others get one or two over the course of a lifetime, and others get an outbreak every full moon. If you’re in the last category, you’d probably do anything to help limit and treat those pesky, itchy, symptoms, which always seem to pop up at the most inopportune times. That’s where we come in!
At FemiClear, helping you live your healthiest life with herpes is our goal—and...