A mother who is 1 week postpartum says breastfeeding is going quite well 
now, sore nipples are resolving, engorgement is pretty much in the past, 
but when she wakes up in the morning her whole chest feels sore and heavy 
from side to side, apparently including between the breasts, and she feels 
she has trouble drawing her breath.  It only gets better once she has both 
nursed the baby and gotten up and walked around for an hour or so.  She 
seems just a little perturbed, and I think I've heard of something similar 
but don't know what to tell her about whether this is something other 
people do experience, whether it will resolve soon, etc.  Does this ring a 
bell?
--Elise
LLLL Ammonoosuc Valley, NH
IBCLC, RLC Cottage Hospital, NH
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While I'm here...
Weird (and infuriating!) incident at my hospital.  A mother 2-3 weeks 
postpartum broke a small bone and came in to the hospital to have it 
surgically reset.  I called her for routine follow-up a week afterwards, 
not having a clue this had happened, and she told me that "a nurse" had 
told her not to breastfeed while taking the Darvocet (propoxyphene) they 
gave her.  There's some question about just who told her what, but what 
seems clear is that a question was raised about the appropriateness of 
breastfeeding while on that medication, *and* no one notified the Birthing 
Center that this was happening.  (This is gonna change.)  She had been 
pumping all week.  Here's the goofy bit: she had been feeding the baby that 
pumped milk!  Go figure.  A darn good thing Darvocet *isn't* actually 
dangerous to the baby (per AAP, Hale)...  It certainly makes a good story 
to explain why a breastfeeding mother needs actual counseling and 
assistance from the Birthing Center staff, not an off-the-cuff 
recommendation with no follow-through!
--Elise, who misses Lactnet...

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