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Thanks
It seems maybe mom had an ovarian cyst, and is not pregnant. This would
explain the fussy behavior at the breast, or maybe it was/is a growth
spurt. I wish all cases were this easy.
Joylyn
heather wrote:
> Joylyn writes:
>
>> Hi, I have a mom I worked with 4 months ago when her baby was a
>> newborn. Baby is now just about 4 1/2 months. Mom pumps
>> occasionally, and reports that at previous pumpings, milk has been
>> thick and creamy. Today she felt engorged for the first time since
>> the newborn period, and so she pumped--milk was thin and watery. This
>> alone did not concern me.
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> I agree - not a concern. We know that the watery/fattier components of
> breastmilk are related to the amount of milk in the breast. A full,
> engorged breast is likely to produce on expression a comparatively
> more watery milk.
>
> It's not clinically significant in any way, and in fact it's normal.
> She may have gone longer between feeds for some reason, and this led
> to the engorgement. In the rest of your post you describe a baby who
> is gaining and thriving, so there is no reason to think anything is
> wrong.
>
> I can't comment on the other parts of your post about the pain at her
> incision.
>
> Heather Welford Neil
> NCT bfc, tutor, UK
>
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