I would really appreciate some input on this situation with a mother with mastitis. She originally got mastitis in her left breast when baby was 3 weeks old, a very severe case, was hospitalized for high fever. Her left breast was huge and very red. She was on IV vancomycin for 10 days, things improved. About 2 weeks later she presents with fever again and mastitis in right breast, she was readmitted and treated. She also has an over supply,after nursing she can pump 3oz out of one breast. The baby is doing fine but I am not sure what advice to give. If we try to stop her pumping we may leave her open to mastitis again, after she pumps she feels relief. She is now on her last two days of antibiotic treatment. She is under the care of an infectious control specialist as well as her OB. When they tried to culture the original mastitis the did not come up with organism. They only aspirated milk??? Today I told her to try Cabbage Leaves to maybe reduce supply. This mom cannot go through much more, Her OB may want her to cold turkey???? You can reply to me at [log in to unmask] I just came back from the La Leche League Conference and it was wonderful. Nuala Murphy RN IBCLC *********************************************** 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