I have experience with this disease, but not with nursing moms. My dad had it a number of years ago. One time when he had taken my mom to the airport he had an "attack" so bad he couldn't tell those around him what was happening and he (an absolute teetotaler!) wound up being accused of public drunkenness until the episode passed and he could explain his condition! I know that limiting salt has been recommended to reduce the severity. There is a surgical treatment (or at least was about 20 years ago) that involved putting a small "tack" in the ear that will prick the eardrum whenever the pressure builds up behind it. This releases the pressure. It can, however lead to hearing loss, so one has to consider which is worse, the dizziness and nausea or some hearing loss. . From what I know of the condition, I don't see how breastfeeding can affect it. The concern regardless of feeding method would be the safety of the baby should mom have an episode. I think it would be safer and easier for this mom to have baby either in bed with her or in a bedside sleeper. Then she doesn't have to get up to feed baby or prepare a bottle. Winnie *********************************************** 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