Did you mean a baby who's had surgery or the mom who's had surgery? Regarding baby-I believe the Lactnet archives has a lot on this. There was quite a bit of discussion a couple months ago about whether human milk should be considered clear or full liquid. Regarding mom-Dr Tom Hale's new book (not the red one but Clinical Therapy in Breastfeeding Mothers-or something close to that-my copy is at work) discussed anesthesia. In general as soon as mom is awake enough to handle aby she should be able to nurse. After all, why does a person wake up after anesthesia? Because enough of the drug has left her system that it's no longer having it's effect. Winnie Mading, 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