I had one mother in my practice who had silicone breast implant and successfully nursed for 3 years. She was already breast feeding when she came to my practice and the baby had no problems. the baby is now 6 years old. - Sarayu Dr.Sarayu Balu,M.D.,FAAP Tel.(802)888-2448 Ryder Brook Pediatrics, P.O.Box 608, Morrisville, VT 05661. On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Dogwood Ridge wrote: > I had a busy day today and had three questions from parents that I had to > tell them that I'd have to read up on. Maybe you can help. > Question 1. The mom of a 9 mo. and 4 yr. old healthy children called to > say that they were leaving on vacation to Colorado and would be at an > elevation of 7000 ft. above sea level. Mom had been told that she should > give the children aspirin to prevent against altitude related illnesses. I > had never heard of this. The closest I could come up with is to prevent > the microhemorrhages in High Altitude Pulmonary Edema but don't know if > this would even apply. Do you? > Question 2. A pregnant woman with silicone breast implants asks if it's OK > to breast feed her baby. I remember reading something about scleroderma > type esophageal problems in these breast fed infants. Would you recommend > breast feeding? > Question 3. The mom of a 4 week old who presented with a severe cow/soy > formula intolerance characterized by bloody stools and vomiting says that > her baby refuses the hypoallergenic formulas but will take goats milk. It > is canned with added folic acid. She refuses to retry or even wean back to > the hypoallergenic formulas. What do you think? > Thanks for your thoughts. Kim Burlingham, MD 250 feet above sea level, no > comments on personal breast endowment > > >