While some women with multiple sclerosis (MS) — a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system — stop breastfeeding in order to take medications for the disease, a new study explains why that may be a mistake.

A Stanford University School of Medicine study showed that mothers with MS who breastfeed exclusively for at least two months are less likely to experience a relapse of MS symptoms within a year after the baby is born. The suppression of menses is thought to help with MS symptoms.
Study authors advise that women with MS should be encouraged to breastfeed exclusively for at …read more