One of the moms I posted about a few days ago had presented at 4 wks pp with mastitis in her left breast which was accompanied by the milk from that breast coming out literally gloppy. She has been straining her milk before feeding the baby. Her other breast was not infected, but has given bloody milk a couple of times that does not come from surface wounds. The only cause I can think of for the bloody milk is an intraductal papilloma, but I can't know for sure. As for the globby milk.... Diane Wiessinger is the only other lactnetter to post about globby milk, and I believe her client also had had mastitis. Could the globby milk be the result of an adenitis? The production of milk on her mastitic breast dropped 70% around the time of infection and has not regained much despite pumping and clearing of infection. Has anyone else seen this? I've seen feathery milk associated with ductal yeast, but this is only the second time I've seen globby milk. This same mom's baby most likely has thrush. Ped did not diagnose it, but she was going to start gentian violet yesterday. Mom is also doing lecithin, fenugreek and acidophilus. Lisa Marasco, BA, IBCLC