Insulin (of any sort/brand etc.) is simply a replacement for what mom's body does not produce. It is not an issue. Diabetes is the issue. Diabetic moms can BF. It is sometimes a little trickier than for most moms. Sometimes her insulin req go way down and food goes way up. Needs careful monitoring in early days and weeks. LLLI has really good info for the diabetic mom, as do any of the good texts on BF (Riordan & Auerbach, Biancuzzo, Newman, Lauwers etc.) BF used to be universally discouraged for BF moms, but we now know that her diabetes will be under better control because of the effect of the hormones of BF on the diabetes. Also, baby will be healthier and BF may help baby avoid diabetes in later life. Sincerely, Pat in SNJ *********************************************** 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