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Breastfeeding affecting Platelet Numbers

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13 years 8 months ago #24809 by strawberrysmom
Breastfeeding affecting Platelet Numbers was created by strawberrysmom
I am wondering if anyone else has noticed a corrolation between breastfeeding (what mom takes) and the symptoms of your ITP child? I am still nursing my 14m old who was diagnosed with ITP at 9 months old and I recently had a back injury that I have had to take some anti-inflamitory and pain meds for. I was very careful to wait long enough for the effects of the meds to be out of my system before nursing (usually 1x/day or less) and am wondering if I didn't wait long enough. My daughter who has had normal range numbers 250's for the last few months is now showing severe symptoms of fatigue and big dark circles under her eyes. I am concerned that these are symptoms that her numbers are low and or dropping, and even more concerned that I may have caused this. We are going to get her blood checked tomorrow, but I feel like I already know the results. Any other moms experience a corrolation to what they eat/take and the effect causing ITP to return? This is such a let down as we were on our way to thinking that ITP was a thing of the past and close to calling it an acute episode.

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