She may have a staph breast infection. It can look like this when ducts
open up and things begin to resolve.
Not a problem for baby. His gut will take care of it. Never been known to
make baby sick.
Search the Archives for other discussions on staph infections and
jelly-like globules.

Another thought: is she using Gerber Gel Pads? Their version of hydrogel
pads?
These things are known to break up easily, stick to mom's skin, and have
been found around baby's mouth.
Hard to pick off.
Yuck.

Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
Glendale, AZ
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> [Original Message]
> From: Carolyn Lenzie <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 5/25/2006 5:43:26 PM
> Subject: "Crystals" in Breastmilk?
>
> Mom has a 3 month old baby and in the past week or so, she's noticing
small,
> clear globules in her milk. She described it as looking like tapioca but
not
> as large. She sees this substance around her baby's mouth, in her milk if
> she pumps and on her nursing pads. It's a gelatin-like substance that when
> dry, appears to look like salt crystals.
>
> Baby is growing well and otherwise thriving.
>
> Mom has saline breast implants behind her pectoral wall. She spoke with
the
> doctor who did the implants and he assures her that there's no way any
part
> of the implant could get into her milk. I'm inclined to agree.
>
> My first educated guess was that this might be fat globules, but I don't
> know. I've never heard of this before. Have you? Any ideas?
>
> I didn't even know how to begin doing a query on this subject otherwise I
> would've searched the archieves -- I'll think about it and try that too
though.
>
> I briefly discussed with mom the idea of a lecithin supplement to see if
> that helps.  
>
> Thanks ladies!
>
> Carolyn Lenzie - LLL of Weber/Davis, UT
>
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