Hello Jessica. A friend of mine in her late 40' had mastitis last year. She has been breastfeeding her single daughter for a couple of years some 4-5 years before. Interestingly she suffers of fibrocystic breast disease. It would seems that an already affected organ would be more sensitive to whatever infectious insult it would come across. M.Ersilia Armeni MD pediatrician, IBCLC, Rome(Italy) *********************************************** 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