One of the issues with mammary ductal infection/dysbiosis is that if the 
infection is still present at the time of the next pregnancy, it will 
continue into the next pregnancy and lactation cycle. I tell women who 
have this to make sure the infection is gone, ie no further pain, before 
they become pregnant again. This is mainly relevant to women who are 
still nursing when they become pregnant.
In the dairy industry, they cull (slaughter) the cows when they have 
this because they don't 100% dry the cows up before they get pregnant 
again, so once they have the infection it won't go away. The milk is 
considered of lesser quality, so they cut their losses and send the cows 
to market.
Anne
Anne Eglash MD, FABM, IBCLC
Clinical Professor
Dept of Family Medicine
Medical Director UW Lactation Clinic



On 10/20/2013 11:00 PM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:
> Another possibility to put into the mix is fibrocystic breasts causing pain. Starting with my 3 rd pregnancy I would get severe shooting pains in left breast. I kept thinking it was a plugged duct since my last child had just weaned, but no other signs of that. Continued after he was born , between pregnancies and again with next pregnancy and after. Had biopsy in that area when twins were 18 months old. Would come and go with cycles between births. I suppose it could have been a sub clinical infection, how would I know. Gone now about 10 years.
> Pain seemed to originate in my "clumpyest" area, which is why I tied it to that.
> Horrible shooting pain, would almost need to pull over for a minute if I was driving.
> Janet Dombro, Ibclc

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