I am posting this for a colleague who doesn't have internet/e-mail access. Mom has a 2 week old baby, doing fine bf'ing. Several days ago mom was diagnosed with a Bartholin cyst (on labia) and has been put on premarin cream to be applied topically to the cyst and cleocin to be used intravaginally. She is also on keflex for a UTI (dosage increased when cyst appeared). Mom is to use the 2 other meds for 3 days to see if the cyst will go away. If not the doc will drain it. Mom says doctor says that even with draining the cyst might come back because the cyst is affected by estrogen levels and hers are "so low from breastfeeding." Now mom is questioning whether she should continue breastfeeding. My first reaction, and that of my colleague, is that the doctor is "sacrificing breastfeeding on the altar of ignorance". Please let us know if what the doctor says is true. And can you give us any references for info on Bartholin cysts? Thank you, Pat Bucknell, IBCLC Avon Lake OH ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html