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What Is Your Advice to Pregnant Women with Epilepsy Regarding Breastfeeding?

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A 30-year-old woman with focal epilepsy of right frontal lobe origin was managed on oxcarbazepine and lamotrigine prior and during her pregnancy. She gave birth to a baby girl at full term with no perinatal complications. The baby weighed 4 lbs 2 Oz, and there were no congenital malformations noted at the time of birth. The patient is wondering about the safety of breastfeeding her baby and potential short-term and long-term risks to her baby associated with her breastfeeding.

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  1. Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, 213 Quarry Road, MC 5979, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA

    Kimford J. Meador M.D.

  2. Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Gyri Veiby M.D., Ph.D.

  3. Mount Sinai Health System, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, 10 Union Square East, Suite 5D, New York, NY, 10003, USA

    C. L. Harden M.D. (Commentator)

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  1. Irvine Medical Center, University of California, Orange, California, USA

    Mona Sazgar

  2. Beth Israel Phillips Ambulatory Care Cen, Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA

    Cynthia L. Harden

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Meador, K.J., Veiby, G., Harden, C.L. (2016). What Is Your Advice to Pregnant Women with Epilepsy Regarding Breastfeeding?. In: Sazgar, M., Harden, C. (eds) Controversies in Caring for Women with Epilepsy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29170-3_16

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