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

Here is a little update on why thing shave been so slow around A Hearty Life lately. I had been having issues with migraines, numbness and eye pain over the last few months/years really. Everything came to a head last month and my vision slowly worsened and my left hand and left leg didn’t want me to feel that they were there as well as my speech sounding more then a bit off- long and short is they are working me up for MS- I have hot spots/flare ups.
I am having another round of scans and more follow up appts …read more