I had an email from a mother today who visited an Urgent Care center to 
get a script for antibiotics to treat a case of mastitis. The MD told her 
to discontinue breastfeeding on the affected side. If I had a nickel for 
every time I heard this...

I know a couple of mothers who discontinued breastfeeding due to this 
advice (I met them after they stopped breastfeeding, and boy, were they 
ticked off to learn that they could have continued!).

Is this just a case of outdated information, or is this still what MDs are 
taught? Perhaps one of the great docs on this list can enlighten me (Dr. 
Gordon?) I understand that GPs cannot be expected to be up-to-date in 
every specialty, but lactation is part of the normal course of a woman's 
reproductive cycle, and this is not an uncommon condition, especially in 
my neck of the woods, where many mothers like to schedule feeds (a related 
issue, of course!)

Kellie Whitney, LLLL in CA

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