Debbie, In a message dated 12/8/0 1:06:32 PM, Betsy Wells-Gephart writes: << Another IBCLC here in my area told me that she has had experiences with Ibuprofen in nursing moms that tend to 'hold' milk in the breasts and cause plugging and mastitis. ........ I'm just trying to gather more anecdotal stories about this med. >> Debbie: Interesting that I hear OB/GYN docs suggest Ibuprofen for heavy menstral flow, to slow flow, and have heard women report that it indeed does slow heavy menstral flow. Betsy: MMMM!, I hear that, too and it works for me. I thought that was because it decreases the swelling and cramping and the bleeding slows because of the effect of decreasing the cramping. Maybe then, it decreases the oxytocin effect (the cramping) of the ducts that causes MER and that's why milk stays in the breasts....mmm. Thanks for more thought on that matter. Betsy Wells-Gephart RN,IBCLC Chandler, AZ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com *********************************************** 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