Hello, Lactnetters--We have a couple of situations here that would benefit from your expertise. (1) Recently, three women complained of pain using a double pump kit, when switched to the old style single pump kit the pain disappeared. No other confounding variables we could find, just the double pump kit. Anyone have any idea what's going on or why? (2) Posting for local LC not on LACTNET--We have a mother, breastfeeding her second, who had frequent mastitis with her first baby--baby would refuse to nurse from the affected side whenever she had an infection there. With this second baby (now 5 1/2 months) she has noticed the same behavior, has had mastitis three times that she's been treated for (local LC suspects that mastitis has been on-going since first infection since mother self-medicates until it's really bad, then goes to doctor). Had first bout of mastitis at 6 weeks postpartum. Mother also has frequent problems with thrush and oversupply and has self-treated several times with cabbage leaves rather than go to the doctor because it's so hard to convince the doctors to treat her for thrush (Yes, here in the South where thrush is rampant, doctors don't believe it!). For the first time (10 days ago) the mother expressed milk to relieve engorgement and saw bright, pretty green swirls--looks marbelized, like nasal mucous--in her milk (only on the side that's infected) and wonders if it's always been there and that's why the baby refuses it. Used warm compresses of cabbage leaves (mother concocted this remedy for herself) on breast and green milk was gone within 24 hours; now the other breast has green milk. This seems to happen every couple of weeks--signal is that baby suddenly refuses one breast or the other. Is currently on dynapen (ten-day course) for the mastitis--this is the med the mother has been on for all three bouts of mastitis. Also, demanded this time that the doctor also give her meds for thrush; so she's treating both mastitis and thrush. Local LC has recommended that mother have milk cultured--culture due back today. Any clues as to what's going on? Is dynapen the med of choice for this situation? Any other ideas/tips/info on the "green" milk and its relationship to the recurrent mastitis and/or thrush? (3) One more question. One of my Lactation Specialists has noticed that all mothers who get the depo shot at day 2 postpartum (remember, this is Mississippi--it doesn't do any good to ask WHY they get the shot on day 2!) get sore, cracked, bleeding nipples. Does anyone know if the depo shot and sore nipples are related in the literature? Thanks in advance for your help and input. :) Keitha Whitaker, BS, IBCLC