Unless someone has gotten this on-line already (I'm still playing catch-up
from being gone 6 days...), the Microstix for Candida are from Ames.  There
are 25 tests, costs about $80; really easy to use, and are readable in 24 to
48 hours, but you have to incubate them.  You put them in little plastic
containers and either incubate them in your bra (or have the mom do it), or
leave your computer on and incubate them on top of the computer - it is just
warm enough.  Not real accurate for thrush on the nipples (it is designed for
vaginal), but seems to work well for oral candidasis.  You could try and get
them from a medical supply house, or have your most friendly doc order them
for you.  Shelf life is about a year.  (Mine are due to expire in October, so
I'm hoping to culture a lot of thrush between now & then!

Re article in Parenting:

It was fairly good.  My only contribution to it was the number of IBCLCs in
the US.  It has generated more calls/letters to the ILCA office on "I want to
be an LC" than any other one publication I can remember in the last 4 1/2
years.

Re discussion of bf on one breast:

With Timothy, number 3 child and my-reason-I'm-an-LC child, I produced NO
milk on the left side at all!  It was my favorite side to nurse on cuz I'm
right handed, and there simply wasn't a thing despite pumping and Timothy
nursing patiently on that side.  Though part of the problem was a crappy suck
(among others), I experienced no breast fullness, etc etc etc.  When I went
back to work and was pumping using a big Egnell pump, I might get 3 to 4 oz
on the right and 2 to 3 cc on the left.  Never did figure out why - finally
decided to quit fussing with it at about 7 mo, and he breastfed solely on the
right for the rest of the time.  Had no probs with that side with the first
two babies, though with Torrey, 6 years earlier, had one bout of mastitis
which reduced supply on that side, but didn't eliminate it entirely.
 Mammogram after I finished nursing compeltely was normal.

Using Pit as a substitute for Syntocinon, I think the idea is to draw it up
in an insulin syringe, and simply squirt/inhale a bit into the nostril.  Pit
is packaged as 10U per cc (one amp), while Syntocinon was 40U per cc, so much
higher concentration.  I'd try a bit of the Pit in each nostril and see what
happens.  She could experiment with it to get the right amount for her.
 Sometimes just doing something that you say will work will help her relax
enoughh to let down.  This probably hasn't been done since before Syntocinon
was on the market years and years and years ago, so I'd appreciate any help
here too......

Jan B.