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[quote=Anonymous]I started taking Zoloft mid-way through my second pregnancy and am still on it; that baby is about 14 months old.  I'm on a low dose--75mg--and was even lower, at 50, while pregnant and while breastfeeding.  Some doctors/psychiatrists think that it's a sub-theraputic dose, as in it doesn't actually do much of anything at all below 100mg, but it's working for me.  I'm also an attorney and have noticed absolutely no negative side affects in my work (the sleep deprivation is to blame for that and I could only imagine that depression and all of its side effects would have even more impact on my work).

While the name sounds a bit biased/inflammatory, infantrisk.com is a great resource for info on the possible side effects of medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding.  Dr. Thomas Hale and Texas Tech University run it and even Kellymom.com heavily relies on and links to his research--and that site is super pro-breastfeeding/anti-lots of things, if you're not familiar with it.  Very little Zoloft is passed through to breastmilk at any dose, which is why it's so commonly recommended for women who are nursing.  Plus it's been around for a long time with very few adverse effects reported.

My second kid is wonderful; he nursed for about 8 months until dwindling supply and an ear infection did it in.  But he's a happy, healthy, easy-going, charming, delightful baby.  And it's been so much easier for me to enjoy him than it was with my first, when I think I had undiagnosed PPD that possibly never really went away.

For psychiatrists--I'll second the recommendation for GW and also for Dr. Megan Dankovich in Rockville.[/quote]

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