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.
>
>
> 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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