Poor mom, no wonder she wants to quit! I would encourage her to clear the mastitis by frequent pumping before she stops bf. I have found that when mothers get recurrent mastitis, either it is being inadequately treated (wrong antibiotic, say amoxicillin!) or the mom has a surface infection of the nipple that is not responding to the systemic antibiotic and keeps reinfecting the breast. In this case, the mom needs both a topical and the systemic drug. I remember one client who had constant repeats of mastitis until she finally was prescribed some bactroban to clear up her nipple. Once she is clear, she can start gradually reducing her pumping. I generally recommend mothers alternate between stretching the time between pumpings and reducing the duration of pumping until they are no longer uncomfortable. This can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, I would encourage a mom who has had recurrent mastitis to wean slowly. As for drugs to suppress lactation, I only know one doctor who has prescribed bromocriptine since the FDA revoked approval for that indication due to strokes and other potentially fatal effects in mothers taking it. Good luck to her, and to you as you try to help. Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC NYC *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html