Review of Recent Abstracts from the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation Meeting 2012

Anne Eglash, MD and Karen Bodnar, MD

We cover new research on the role of C-Section in the establishment of gut flora, and its effect on long term health of the infant; the risks and use of SSRI antidepressants in pregnant and nursing women; breastmilk levels of vitamin D in nursing women who are supplemented with vitamin D; and a recent review of the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing women and what we know about their effects on nursing babies.

Recorded in March 2013. Approx 30 minutes.