Mysti, (I'm with you re: SC today) Good clean-up after unfortunate BF management story. I do have a question about one part: <while taking high doses of acidophilus to bring more lactobacilli into her milk.> This is something I thought I read of only in relation to increase of lactobacilli in the gut of the person (mom or baby) that received the acidophilus directly, especially after ABX. The idea, as you were obviously shooting for, is to re-colonize the gut with the "good germs", to prevent diarrhea and keep Candida from multiplying like crazy in the gut. I envision them remaining in the gut where they stay till eliminated with the stool. I remember that breastmilk facilitates the growth of lactobacilli in the baby's gut. But I have never heard that the actual organisms travel from the mother's gut into the her blood stream and into her milk. I thought the capsule could be opened an diissolved in water and safely be given to the baby. Dose? Dropper, teaspoon? (Come to think of it, I can't actually remember how they get into the gut of the newborn in the first place. Plenty environmentally?) Can someone clarify? Jean ************************************ K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC Dayton, Ohio USA ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. *********************************************** 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