A woman contacted me with the following concerns. Her 4 year old child was BF for 4 months and developed a variety of severe food allergies. Mom is expecting bambino number two in the next 3 weeks and is determined to exclusively BF this one for as long as possible to try and prevent/delay the development of allergies. The problem is mom had breast surgery 18 months ago. She found a lump in one breast and had it removed. The incision is at the areola and her surgeon told her that he was certain some of the ducts were cut and isn't optimistic about the ability of that breast to deliver the goods. Mom has been told by both her OB and the surgeon that she will develop mastitis and will have to stop breastfeeding because of that. I have referred her to a LC to answer specific problems as they come up, but I want to know if the advice she received is incorrect. If the breast is blocked from delivering milk to the baby, will that side stop producing milk with no suckling? How likely is she to develop mastitis? She has been told to plan to start baby on alimentum *when* breastfeeding isn't enough. tina childbirth educator/BF advocate *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html