Escitalopram (Lexapro/ciprolex) while breastfeeding

Hey everyone. Is anyone taking Escitalopram while breastfeeding? I have been diagnosed with postpartum anxiety and have been prescribed Escitalopram. I haven’t started taking it because I am nervous about the potential side effects and risk to my baby while nursing however I am suffering inside with panic attacks and feeling on edge. Does anyone have any experience with this that they would be willing to talk about? Any advice is welcome. Thank you!

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I took it while breastfeeding my doctors and lactation nurse said it was completely fine to breastfeed while using

I have been on Escitalopram 2 years+ and had my first baby/breastfed for a year while on it. Zero negative effects and no risk to babe.
Always chat with your doctor if youre nervous, but I know its nice knowing if others have been through it. Im currently pregnant and due with my second in Jan and plan to stay on it, helped with my PPD/PPA.

I am on Escitalopram as well and I have breastfed for more than a year while on it. My baby had no problem with it. We regularly visited the family doctor and paediatrician to be sure.

I’ve been on it for years and through my pregnancy. No negative effects and he’s a very healthy boy

Has it helped you? Did you experience any weight gain? What dosage did you start out with?

I've been on it since I had my son in 2022 and recently asked my doctor this question as I'm TTC. He said it's totally fine which I'm glad to hear because you can pry my Lexapro out of my cold dead hands 🤣 It's helped me so much and the only side effect I've ever gotten from it was a tight jaw for the first few weeks. After that it's been smooth sailing.

I have been taking this medication for years and continued while pregnant and breastfeeding! No issues :)

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Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

AITA

In the uk there is an outbreak of meningitis, in a specific area mainly. My BD has family from that area and decided to go and meet up with them, I said if he does then he cannot have contact with the kids for 7-10 days after incase he picks anything up. Am I being over dramatic? I reallyyy don’t want my young kids getting anything serious

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

At this point I’m not enjoying motherhood

My 22 month old is horrendous at the moment🫣 biting, hitting, pushing, pulling and shoving not only adults but children he also wants what other children have and will just snatch it away from them.

We repeat ‘nice hands’ ‘be gentle’ ‘let’s share’ etc

But how do I make him understand what he’s doing isn’t very nice? At the end of the day I feel like I’ve just been saying his name all day and nothing else.

What can I do?

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My baby has had a dummy since about 2 weeks old (now 5 months) and over the course of the last month we weaned her off it during the day only for naps and night (which was fine) and then 5 days took it completely away during the day.

The first day no dummy was fine, the second bit rougher. But now it feels impossible she just moans and cries all the time it takes ages for her to go down to sleep (she’s always been an amazing sleeper)

I thought it was meant to get better as time went on not worse. I’m at my wits end I dunno what to do.

Currently typing this as she screams uncontrollably in the car and I cry with her cos I can’t do anything.