On 08/01/2006, at 5:36, June & John wrote: > Mum was prescribed E-Mycin because of a wound infection, had been > taking the antibotic for 3 days. Mum has a pencincillin allergy > I observed the baby breastfeeding, he was a little fussy at first > but stayed feeding for 10 mins, Mum then sat him and burped him. A > few second later he had 2 power chucks and then went floppy but > recovered. Dr Hale has drawn attention to a study linking maternal intake of macrolide antibiotics with 3-10 times increased risk of pyloric stenosis in young infants. http://66.230.33.248/discus/messages/40/364.html?1074526328 Scand J Infect Dis. 2003;35(2):104-6. Risk of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis after maternal postnatal use of macrolides. Sorensen HT, Skriver MV, Pedersen L, Larsen H, Ebbesen F, Schonheyder HC. More here http://66.230.33.248/discus/messages/59/403.html?1064946246 Lara Hopkins *********************************************** 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