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