Hello Wise ones,
I have  a mom I am working with, who also happens to be my sister in law. 
Her baby is 9 months old.  She was suffering from a breast infection which 
her doc treated with a course of Augmentin, and then it recurred two weeks 
later.  She also had 3 blebs which she managed to get rid of.  She had been 
feeling pain which she described as the awful pain of thrush shooting 
through the breast- excruciating while nursing. In her words much worse than 
labor.  In addition to the basics of massage and how to really empty the 
breast, Lecithin, etc, I advised her to get a milk culture.  The milk 
culture came back with Pseudomonas bacteria (which I have never heard of but 
her doc says is a GI bacteria) and her blood work came back with strep.  She 
is actually feeling much better now.  Her doctor was shocked that that 
bacteria was in the milk, and wanted to rush to treat it.   Actually, he was 
shocked at the suggestion to culture the milk in the first place, so imagine 
his thoughts when he saw that one!  What does this mean?  She feels all is 
fine now, so she should ignore it, but what is that doing in the milk? 
Should it be treated?
Thanks for any info,
Jessica Billowitz, IBCLC
Israel 

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