Henry Lee wrote:

>         I have also had a mother who was large breasted report that
> sleeping
> on her stomache would cause mastitis.  I can't believe that this is
> true.??

I am by no means large-breasted, but in when my babies were small,
sleeping on my stomach would always cause a plugged duct.  I never got
mastitis as I was persistent about taking care of the plug quickly. An
unresolved plugged duct can lead to mastitis.

Kathy

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Kathy Koch, BSEd, IBCLC
Mom to Andrew, Abigail and Molly
LLL Leader, AAPL/OL for VA and MD/DE/DC
[log in to unmask]          Great Mills, MD, USA

"Within the child lies the fate of the future."   Maria Montessori
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