I am working with a first time mom who has spastic torticollis of unknown etiology. It first manifested 10 years ago when she was 22 and has been slowly progressing in severity since that time. It is exacerbated by stress. She is in severe pain from constant neck spasm and both of her arms have uncontrollable shaking and spastic movements. She has been given various medications over the years including a Botox injection. The Botox worked well for her. However when used for this condition, the Botox dosage has to be increased with each injection-at least that is what she has been told. The effects last 3-6 months. I suggested that she look into physical therapy and accupuncture as other possible options. She had no relief of pain or sx from a chiroprator. Back to the Botox: the only info that I have found so far is in Hale, which related the incident of a woman who had a full blown case of botulism but continued breastfeeding. No botulism spores or toxins were found in her milk and there were no adverse effects on the baby. It seems then, that the Botox would not pose any hazards for the baby. I would appreciate any input that any of you have. Meanwhile we are working on good positioning, lots of support, getting a sling, etc. Thanks, Diana _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *********************************************** 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