How are the other people noticing the odor: does the mother's breath 
or body smell of garlic or only her milk?  Does the baby carry any 
odor (garlic-milk-breath?) after nursing?   If the odor is truly only 
in her milk then I would suspect something is amiss.  If it is on her 
body as well, then it makes more sense to look at what she is eating. 
Any supplements or medication?  Strongly flavored foods such as 
certain flavors of snack crackers or chips might have an effect.

If the baby doesn't mind whatever is causing the odor, and all else 
seems fine, then it probably is fine.  If they are only noticing the 
odor in expressed milk, then an easy solution is to stop expressing.

This does seem like an unusual situation though and I would be alert 
for s/s of infection.  I've never heard of a mother having a garlic 
odor in the absence of eating garlic.

Margaret
IBCLC
Longmont, CO

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