Catherine suggests:
> A physician friend recommended having mom pre-emptively take a half dose
> of liquid benedryl every 4-6 hours for a week or so when I had a client
> with a similar situation. She (the doc) felt that the small dose would
> prevent the histamine response, but that it would take a much larger
> dose to interrupt it after it started. After 2 weeks, this reaction
> totally went away and mom continued to breastfeed without a problem.
>
>
Catherine -- any idea as to why the hives? I think that's a great idea --
will pass it on to the mom....but did anyone ever figure out what caused it
in the first place?
Jan
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