I received the following in a message from a friend whose daughter gave
birth to twins a few weeks ago.

Any comments from you experts out there as to whether breastfeeding really
needed to be interrupted?

>DD (dear daughter) has developed a generalized allergy from the gel used
from the baby
>monitors and is having to take cortisone and benadryl.  This means, no breast
>milk until she is through with  the medications.

Margaret K.K. Radcliffe               [log in to unmask]
Dept. of Mining & Minerals Engr.
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA