Donna, I'm not familiar w/ any specifics of this disease or treatment, however the mother could explore all her options which could include, in no specific order: 1. delaying treatment for a few more weeks (if this would not compromise survival of course) in order to stockpile more milk 2. discarding milk for some of the days or weeks of treatment - is the chemo to be given weekly, monthly? the last few days of the week or month possibly mother could express and use that milk w/ low or nil levels of chemo in her system 3. exploring various drugs or combinations and using the least toxic - again possibly being able to use the milk on days of low levels. This is provided mother would continue to express during the chemo period - and resume bf after the chemo is d/c'd. 4. Infant of course should be monitored for drug levels and adverse effects. Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN New Orleans Louisiana, s.e. USA _________________________________________________________________ There are now three new levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! Learn more. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1 *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html