Greetings great minds, I have a mom with ruptured saline implant on one breast. Doctors have all told her no problem to continue nursing, and is going to have surgery soon to remove and replace. Problem no. 1, According to mom baby (7 days old) went from normal breastmilk stools to "mostly water" her description within 2 days of rupture. Concern about loss of nutrition and becoming dehydrated. My first suggestion was to nurse only on the breast without the rupture and see if the stools returned to normal. Meanwhile express the other side to protect that sides milk supply. Also, let her baby' s pediatrician know about the bowel movement change in case it changes his attitude about no problem continuing to nurse on that side. Problem #2 Suggested she contact surgeon to see about being able to do this surgery on a lactating breast and then we can go from there. If she has to wean from that side to have the surgery, will she be able to back to it and how long after the surgery will she have to wait? Thanks in advance for your input. I searched archives and found questions regarding the same thing, but could not find the answers. Pam MazzellaDiBosco, IBCLC Florida, USA *********************************************** 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