Hi all,
A mother complains of 3 lumps in one breast, one is on top of breast, one
is at bottom of breast, and one is right under the nipple. This started
at 3 wks pp, and was mostly resolved, but returned now 6 wks pp. She is
being treated by her m.d.  with abx for full-blown mastitis symptoms and
is hand expressing affected breast. Baby pulls off screaming when tries
to nurse on affected breast.  Also it is very painful. She states her
Evenflo pump is too painful to use. She was given my home phone no. by
someone at a hosp where she gave birth and where I used to work and she
called me tonite thinking about weaning (and my husband didn't remember
to give me the message til 8 pm!). I asked some questions, the baby is
thriving and no sore nipples and so I don't think it is a latch problem
causing the poor drainage.  I gave her advice about how to manage the
blocked ducts/mastitis for now, acutely. I will check on her by phone
tomorrow. My question, does the description of the location of the lumps,
especially the one right under the nipple, sound like abscess? Just got
me thinking due to the recent posts.
Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC
Today spent the day listening to Molly Pessl, at our LLCA annual conf.
She has done some great things at Evergreen and made all our local
hospitals here look bad!!!

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