Oh dear -- I am still working with my very  
intelligent-willing-to-do-anything to make breastfeeding work mother of two  month old.  She has had it and is 
in tears and wants to wean today and I am  running dry with ideas.  
Previously, fibrocystic breasts and with  breastfeeding experiencing repeated bouts of 
plugged ducts and at times, real  difficulty nursing or pumping to dissolve 
them.  Now, she also has been  battling thrush which she thought might be the 
answer to why she had all these  ducts, but Diflucan, etc. has  begun to clear 
the thrush but the plugged  ducts continue to reappear and cause pain and 
limited milk flow.  In  desperation, she returned to her doc this morning but alas, 
all was clear and  doc said all was fine.  Now, she has returned home and all 
ducts are  plugged again and she is sobbing.  She has opened a few blebs this  
week as well. She has been on Lecithin, several homeopathic remedies, 
vitamins,  changing positions, dunking breasts into warm water, massaging, etc.  She  
has just called me and wants to wean TODAY as she says she cannot take this  
anymore and I hear her loud and clear.  I am awaiting a call from Mary Rose  
Tully to see if she can see her today, but in the meantime, HELP with any ideas 
 to keep this mom going.  I cannot imagine where we would begin weaning with  
her extreme sensitivity to engorgement and plugged ducts. Thanks, Ann
 
Ann  Conlon-Smith, IBCLC 
Triangle Lactation Consultants 
_www.trianglelactation.com_ (http://www.trianglelactation.com/) 





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