I know there is information in the archives on this but do you think I could find it so I'm posting to the list. A mother has approached me to find some information for her on mastitis post-weaning. This mother breastfed her child for just over a year. 7 months post-weaning she bought a new bra and developed mastitis (previous to this she did not believe that there was milk in her breasts). She took antibiotics (sorry don't know details of what she took or for how long) and mastitis subsided only to re-occur at the same time in her menstrual cycle as the first bout. Again she took anti-biotics. She's now coming up to the same point in her cycle again and is feeling like it is going to happen again. She had a couple of episodes of mastitis when she was breastfeeding but in the opposite breast to the one now having problems. She has not worn the new bra since the first episode. I suggested to her that the new bra may well have been rubbing and that this may have been enough stimulation to raise her prolactin levels somewhat and result in some milk production. Any suggestions as to how she might deal with this? She's reluctant to just go on antibiotics every month (she wonders if she may not have been on them for long enough each time). Reasons why mastitis would occur at the same time in her menstrual cycle? Karleen Gribble Australia *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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