Dr Graham-Poole pediatric director of Shand's Hospital Univ. of Fl Gainesville has had a child who underwent a BMT also breastfeed as far as my recollection serves me (my husband Tim was an adult pt of the same BMT unit). The last that I remember was that all went well no complications but every case is so unique and there are so many different drugs etc so many types of reactions. The Attending docs should consider how important that BF her child is and that there IS no-lose, no-win situation. If baby does well she'll be certain that the BF helped if the baby doesn't do well she'll be glad for the chance to be so CLOSE she won't feel she has abandoned her infant at a time he needed her most....If the BMT doesn't work and they don't let her BF she'll blame them and the fact she COULDN'T Breastfeed....BMT is so iffy at best with a less than 50% survival overall and even less survival rate if the child is less than 2 years old at onset. It's in a HIGHER POWER'S HAND regardless. I KNOW, I"VE BEEN THERE with my own husband and you feel so helpless, so powerless anything you can possibly do to help is a blessing. Second thought, Mom could have her milk pastuerized, at the very least her milk could be banked and processed (for a large) fee but it would be worth it. Have her contact Lois Arnold, Mary Tulley, Denver Milk Bank etc.....knock down doors till you find some help. (I do not believe that pooled donor milk would be an option.) Remind the hem-onc docs that banked pastuerized milk is more safely processed than human blood and I'll bet my IBCLC the baby has recieved blood or related products (platelets contain hundreds of donors in one unit) not pastuerized !!!! please let me know if you received this, I'm new to internet and I can't be sure I'm getting through......God Bless.......Ruthy I feel kinda dumb sending e-mail all over the creation but I never really know if I get to the right person am I duplicating efforts and time ?????????