I have been off mail recovering from hip replacement. A co-worker called to ask that a mom had called and said that she was has bruising on the underside of the breast on the lobe. no nipple soreness baby is an aggressive nurser but does not recall any pain during nursing. Co-worker did not ask if she co-sleeps with baby to see if baby is kicking. Baby is 5 weeks of age. Does not wear an ill fitting bra and the bruising is no where near bra area. Just stumped and want to see if any of you great minds have come accross this one. Have another problem come up with another mom, previous mastitis, now yeast, plugged ducts prior to mastitis. Had co-worker refer her to physician for the yeast and enlarged area of prior plugged ducts questioning possible galactocele. Suggested she take lecitin due to frequent plugged ducts. She seems to be prone to plugged ducts. Baby seems to be gaining well, feeds well. Is it possible that hormones are causing the frequent plugged ducts? I hate to see her having to pump that side just to keep from getting plugged. I haven't returned to work yet but have been trying to keep things going by phone calls to co-workers from home. Your response is appreciated. Terri Klein RN CLE CLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html