Hi Heather,
I advise mothers to express and discard purulent milk. However, if the
breast tissue is inflamed and infected, but the milk appears normal (it
might have a lower supply during mastitis, that is OK), the child can nurse
or drink the expressed milk.
Laurie Wheeler RN MN IBCLC
Mississippi USA
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