Hello Lactnetters,

I need your help. I have permission to post. Mom is 5 weeks post-partum.
Baby is going through a growth spurt. Mom is feeding from only one breast,
the right one. The left breast was fine until the initial engorgement. 
It swelled up, nothing came out no matter how much ice, massage, or pumping
happened. The right breast, in turn, was free flowing. Her husband is a
doctor and is stumped with this. He ruled out gigantomastia, although, he is
not an expert.

Anyhow, she has gone on to breastfeed from the right side only since then.
After the initial engorgement, the left breast failed to produce almost
anything. Everything has been going fine until last night. She has been
feeding round the clock with her son's growth spurt. She woke up this
morning with severe engorgement in the right breast. She has tried icing,
massaging and pumping to no releif. The milk is now not coming out and the
engorgement is so severe and uncomfortable that it is even in her armpit and
in her back.

What to do? She has a call in to her ob/gyn, but it being Sunday and all.....
Her husband has no idea what is happening, and, as he is an anesthesiologist
, has never seen this before. She is very uncomfortable and freaking out
because she thinks the right breast will dry out just like the left one 
did when she went through the initial engorgement.

I thank you in advance for your wisdom, advice, and help.

Warmly,
Veronica Tingzon, IBCLC, RLC
Oceanside CA
www.theoriginalcomfortfood.com



  

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