Julie wrote:

<<She took antibiotics for it. Her supply completely tanked,  despite 
continued nursing and extra pumping, and she never got it back.  Everything had 
been going well with nursing until that point. I've never seen  anyone have 
such an extreme bodily response to mastitis. Now she is expecting  again and 
wants to avoid the same problem from happening again with this  baby.>>
 
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Does anyone know if there is any  research that has been done on lowered 
supply after mastitis?  I was trying  to think of something, and I'm not sure 
there is anything -- but would love to  see it.  On a personal note, I had a 
mastitis which wasn't all that bad,  with my second child.  Milk supply did 
diminish in that breast and never  came back up to the level it had been 
prior to the infection.  However, the  very strange thing was that I produced 
NO milk in that breast at all with my  third child 6 years later.  Well, I 
take that back.  I did get 3 ml  once when I was pumping diligently trying to 
increase my supply.  Never  figured out why or what happened or if it was 
the mastitis or an unhappy  coincidence.  No breast problems ever ensued, and 
he is now  26....
 
Julie -- I don't have any  advice.  Just hope this doesn't happen to your 
mom.  Though I've never  heard of it happening to anyone else.
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC,  FILCA
Wheaton,  IL

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