Can antidepressants be taken during pregnancy and while breast feeding?
Most health care professionals suggest that if a woman can discontinue her antidepressant medication during the first three months of pregnancy, she should do so. However, there is not a lot of research about how antidepressants may affect a developing fetus. Research is equally unclear about how antidepressants may affect a nursing baby. These drugs do pass through to breast milk. Most practitioners suggest that mothers bottle-feed newborns if they need to take antidepressants at this time.
