Hi Arly
I cannot for the life of me see why anyone would think that introducing
formula is either necessary or could be of any benefit here.  If the mother
feeds only from the unaffected side as often as the baby indicates he or she
is hungry, there will be more than enough milk for the baby.  I have known
many many mothers who exclusively breastfeed from one side. (And I have
known many mothers of twins whose infants each get one side at each feed.)
One breast is perfectly capable of producing enough milk for this baby.  The
baby will only go hungry if the mother feeds on a schedule.  
I would offer mum some anticipatory guidance (like the baby will probably
feed more frequently and that's ok) and information (like milk is
synthesised even as the baby feeds;  breasts are like a bottomless cup of
coffee, there is always more ...)

  "Breastfeeding in the absence of breast lesions in HSV sero-positive or
culture-positive women is reasonable  ..."  p652 Lawrence & Lawrence  (2005)


The next three sentences are about the safety of various antivirals.  

Mother's Own Milk poses far less of a risk to this baby than pasteurised,
homogenised, modified, fortified, spray dried, reconstituted cows' milk.

Nina Berry
Australia

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