Dear Gisele (and interested others), Betty Crase, Manager of LLLI's Center for Breastfeeding Information, shared an article on chylothorax and breastfeeding that appeared in the Sept. 23, 1995 issue of the Birmingham News (newspaper in Birmingham, Alabama, USA). This was a report of a nurse who centrifuged breast milk from the mother of a baby who developed chylothorax after receiving a heart transplant. The skim milk was then supplemented with medium-chain triglycerides and fed to the baby. This appeared to be a temporary condition, and the health care professionals involved hoped the baby would be able to take regular breast milk by the time he went home from the hospital. You can obtain a copy of this article from your Local Professional Liaison Leader who can get it through the PL network. Thanks to the LLLLs who forwarded this material to Betty. The CBI had very little to offer on breastfeeding a baby with chylothorax before this article was published. Marty O'Donnell [log in to unmask] US Western Division, LLL Professional Liaison Resource Advisor