In a message dated 96-08-25 11:47:40 EDT, you write:

>Subject: Drugs and colitis
>
>I got a call from a mother of a two month old baby.  The mother has
>suffered from colitis since her pregnancy was confirmed.  But her MD
>decided to wait with a lot of the testing etc, until after the baby was
>born.  Since the birth of the baby, her husbands health insurance has
>changed, and she's had to change doctors.

I will not mention the name, but a very close LC friend of mine drank fresh
breast milk for her ileitis and it cleared up within days.  Amazing stuff
that human milk is.  I would have her drink her own milk before pumping and
dumping.

Pat Bull, RN, IBCLC
Naperville, IL