>Last week I posted a question about a grainy residue that was left in a
>plastic nurser bag after the feed (frozen EBM).  The only response I received
>was a possiblility of it being fat stuck to the sides of the bag.  The mom
>called back today and said it happened again and that it also feels like
>sand.

Sounds like they might be 'corpora amylaceae' ('milk bodies')?? Maureen
Minchin talks about this in her book 'Breastfeeding Matters' in the section
about tip blockages (as they seem to cause these in some mothers) (p 162 of
the latest edition). To quote:
'...concretions of casein and calcium found in the milk of dairy animals.
And found more frequently in milk from traumatised or mastitic udders.'

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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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