For what it's worth, my favorite position for armpit plugs is what I
call lying-down-upside-down.  Essentially it's to nurse lying down, but
with the baby pointed in the opposite direction from his mother, so that
his lower jaw is on the upper half of the breast, not the lower half.
Worked wonders for me when my babies were kids, and the only place I
ever got plugs was in my armpit area.  Clients of mine that have tried
it have found it useful but some have been leery of it.  I'll grant that
it's kind of odd :-)

Maybe she just never thoroughly got rid of the original plug and so it
keeps "coming back" for that reason?

Regina Roig-Lane, BS IBCLC
Miami-Dade County WIC/Nutrition


-----Original Message-----
From: MacBump [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 11:28 PM
Subject: repeat plugs/mastitis?

I looked up "repeat plugged ducts" and "repeat mastitis" but didn't find
a
lot there in the archives...

What are your best ideas for getting rid of repeat plugs?  A mom
contacted
me this evening...she often gets them in a similar place (arm-pit area)
and
I think she's had at least 3, maybe 4 plugged ducts in the last 6 mos.
She
takes lecithin when they come on, and tries to take (less of it) when
she
doesn't have one but ends up forgetting for a while often (then another
starts).  She does the rubbing/massage etc.  I think she may have had
mastitis bad enough for abx once, but plugs are still no barrel of
laughs...

For what it's worth this is her 2nd child (first she did not nurse) and
her
daughter is almost 1 year of age.  She works part-time evenings/weekends
but
not very long hours (4-6 I believe max).

Thanks so much!

Fio

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