Many thanks to those of you who responded to my original post about my plan to relactate in order to provide breastmilk for my 17-year old son who was diagnosed with Crohn's disease less than a month ago. I appreciate the research ideas which have been very helpful as I try to gain a better understanding of Crohn's disease in general, and the clinical uses of human milk. Thanks also for some great dietary ideas for the treatment of Crohn's. I am half-way through the relactation protocol that Lenore Goldfarb and Jack Newman have written and advised me on. I am taking Ortho 1/35 at bedtime and 20 mg. domperidone q.i.d. I am beginning to feel and see a difference in these saggy, 50-year old breasts! The veins are coming back, I have grown a cup size and I am able to palpate glandular tissue. Two more weeks and I will stop the Ortho 1/35 and continue taking domperidone and will add Fenugreek and Blessed Thistle and begin to pump with the Medela Symphony breastpump I am renting. My plan is to pump every 3 hours night and day and every other weekend (my weekend off of work), every 2 hours during the day. My family is graciously supporting my efforts and helping to make this possible. In fact, some have requested milk samples when I get to that point! I even have the support of our family doctors who are very interested in what this might do for Justin. I was able to get my doctor to draw a baseline prolactin level and Justin's doctor has agreed to get baseline IgA, IgE and IgG levels on him so we can track changes as he consumes the breastmilk. If any of you can think of any other lab values that would be good to know as we delve into this project, please feel free to advise! I am open to anyone who has an interest in researching the clinical uses of breastmilk and might want to follow our progress. I want to contribute in any way I can, so if you know of anything I need to be documenting on this journey, again, please advise! I have great faith in the healing power of human milk and my gut feeling is that I will be successful in producing a good supply for Justin. He is willing to drink it "straight" and is actually becoming very enthusiastic about the effect it might have on his over-all health. His G.I. doc will also be monitoring his progress by doing follow-up endoscopies and colonoscopies. Again, thanks for the support many of you have given. I know you understand how important this is to me because like me, you are all mothers and have the heart and compassion for our children. Gratefully, Jane Fogdall, BS, RN, IBCLC *********************************************** 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