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SAN DIEGO -- Babies of mothers who received an ultralow-dose "walking" epidural showed no negative effects in their ability or willingness to breast-feed, Dr. Sue Reid said at the annual meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology.
Based on these findings, "women shouldn't be told that problems associated with breast-feeding are caused by epidurals, especially with the low doses," Dr. Reid said in 'an interview.
Previous reports of breast-feeding problems in babies whose mothers received epidurals could have stemmed from fluid preloading before epidural placement causing areolar edema, a practice that is unnecessary with low-dose epidurals, said Dr. Reid of the Grey Nuns Community Hospital and Health Centre, Edmonton, Alta.
In a single-blind observational study, the researchers compared infants whose mothers had received an ultralow-dose epidural with those whose mothers ...