What are your thoughts about a mom who stopped breastfeeding her baby when
baby was 6 months old, and now 2 and a half month later, she still has lots
of milk leaking from her breasts so that she has to change her nursing pads 2
times a day, and in the morning her bed is wet.  She's had 3 bouts of
mastitis in the last 2 and a half months, about to start her third course of
antibiotics.  Apparently she took Chlomid and Pergonal for fertility
problems, and then conceived after blocked ducts were diagnosed.  She is a
lab tech and did her own prolactin level and it is 70.   We suggested that
she drink the sage tea (thanks to postings on Lactnet) and use cabbage leaves
and Dr. Newman, who was asked by my friend, suggested CAT Scan and/or MRI to
rule out prolactin-secreting adenoma.

If nothing is "wrong" (i.e., adenoma) then why not suggest she resume
breastfeeding???  Maybe her body is trying to tell her something????
Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology and Nutrition
Texas A&M University
Co-editor of "Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives"