Just a thought - might be a wild hare but here goes....

I have always been told that when a mom gets plugged ducts, some of the
liquid reabsorbs into the tissue leaving, at its worst, a cheese like
substance.  If she was pumping less frequently, perhaps she was getting the
beginnings of plugged ducts??? llp

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Subject:        blobs in milk - update

Re my post of earlier today:  I just spoke with mother #2, who saw me
yesterday.  She had been using an egnell single-pumping kit with the soft
flange, attached to an 015, and had been "stimulating her breast" before
each pumping by applying heat, then pumping for a minute or two with an
Evenflo, which was more comfortable at first because of its lower, slower
suction.  Once her nipple had "adjusted", she was able to use the 015,
gradually moving it from the lowest to the middle setting.  I sold her a
standard (not Advanced) Medela double-pumping kit with hard flanges.

She says she has *not had blobs* since her visit to me yesterday.  So
what's going on?  My first thought, of course, was the change in parts.
But she may also be pumping more often, too, because this set-up is faster,
or perhaps pumping longer on each breast because she's able to do both
together.  I'll find out more tomorrow, when we discuss bringing her very
defensive baby back to breast...

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY