>I had a call today from a former coworker who is working with the infertility
>specialist at our hospital.  He is treating a 27 year old who delivered her
>first baby about 6 months ago, nursed for 5 weeks, then weaned, and has
>continued to leak ever since.  (He did not treat her for infertility, is just
>seeing her for this problem.)  I understood that this is not just being able
>to express a few drops of milk, but an actual letdown with leaking every time
>she hears the baby cry, etc.  Her breasts were described to me as not beeing
>firm or engorged but full.  She is not emptying her breasts, no nipple
>stimulation during foreplay or intercourse, has been wrapped with an ace
>bandage, has been applying ice for the past three weeks.  All of her hormone
>levels have been normal.  I realize this is rather sketchy--it was all the
>info I was given--anyone got any ideas I might pass on to my friend?
>
>Thanks.
>Judy D.
>
You may want to consider the cabbage trick.  Use whole leaves of cabbage
that have had the veins scored and apply the flat leaves to the breast.
Change them q2h or when they wilt, whichever is first.  Be cautious not to
use this on a mom who wishes to nurse.  It has been known to cause an
UNRECOVERABLE drop in a milk supply.

The other option is to USE the milk. It would seem a shame to waste all of
that precious milk and buy artificial milk to feed the baby.  Maybe her body
is trying to tell her something. Has anyone suggested she NURSE the baby.
It probably wouldn't leak as bad. Ok, Ok, I will get off the soapbox. - I
think it was a little easier to climb on this box after conference.)
All the BEST, Linda Pohl