Can I post for myself here?  i have no idea what's going on.  for about eight months, i have had these two black an blue marks on the outside of the breast.  i thought maybe it was a hematoma, that the baby nursed on the breast tissue at night, but it's never gone away.  sometimes it looks like a zit and oozed thin pus, sometimes blood.  but it came and went - the pus.  now it's gotten hard and doesn't ooze.  today, it felt like i had a blocked duct  below the nipple - not anywhere near this  bruise thingy - and when i tried to squeeze the nipple to get it out, there was some pus and a drop of blood.  Now it's so painful and feels like mastitis. but 'til it hurt this afternoon, it hadn't hurt at all.  I showed it to another lc, but she isn't sure either.  we are treating for mastitis in the meantime.

Hope i'm clear enough. it's had to describe this and i don't feel good!

Thanks for any insight!

             ***********************************************

Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html
To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]
Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask]
COMMANDS:
1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail
2. To start it again: set lactnet mail
3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome