Hi all, I have a mom who is experiencing severe engorgement -- the breasts seem to RETAIN all the extra fluids of that intial period and stay like that. She finally quit bf at 3 months last time (combo of work schedule and the perpetually engorged breasts). She is (as of yesterday) 3 days pp, is pumping diligently for her baby who is in the NICU, and getting about 2 1/2 ounces per pumping -- and engorgement is alive & well. We are doing cabbage (a lot), icy cold compresses, and yesterday I suggested some sage. I'm not interested so much in decreasing milk supply as I am in getting rid of this what appears to be permanent engorgement. This mom also experienced a nasty inflammatory mastitis under one br during her pregnancy which resolved w/o antibiotics -- never felt "sick" just an inflammed breast which finally resolved. Suggestions? Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC Lactation Education Consultants Wheaton, Illinois www.lactationeducationconsultants.com *********************************************** 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