Here is the note I got from the mom today: <<The radiologist said that I really should just wean the baby, and I will do that if I need to, but I wondered if you give me some information as well. I took 2 mc of I -131 ( a radioactive nucleotide for a thyroid uptake scan). >> This mom had cancer of the thyroid a few years ago and they are doing a scan to check her thyroid now. The baby was born at 34 weeks in early November 2001, so is almost ten months now. The doctors wanted to do this scan much earlier, but the mom made the decision to delay it as long as she could for the sake of breastfeeding. I do not have the expertise to advise this mom. I have read Hale's newest summary of I-131 in the 2002 edition, but I'm not sure what to tell her. The reviews seem mixed. Should I just scan in the pages to her and let her decide? Provide them for the radiologist? She would like to pump and dump for a safe period of time and then resume breastfeeding. She has asked if she can breastfeed during the night, and bottle feed during the day. She has about 3 weeks of stored breastmilk available. Thanks for your help! Laurie Moody, CLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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