At the conference I attended this past summer, the researchers talked
about this.  These can be complexes formed from body fighting infection
(you said she had damaged nipples).  This is why adding Rifampin as an
antibiotic can cure moms with recurrent mastitis - it helps break up the
"gunk" and allow the antibiotic to work completely.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lactation Information and Discussion
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cathy Garbin
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:14 AM
Subject: gelatinous milk

Good evening,
Can anyone out there tell me if they have seen what appears to be a 
gelatinous like milk substance being expressed from a blocked breast.
This 
mother was very engorged when I saw her on day 10. We managed to get the

breast drained -65 mL, in the milk there was some threads of mucously
milk. 
This I have seen before and have attributed to being responsible for the

blockage. It is 10 days since this breast was cleared and appeared to be

working well. The mother had very damaged nipples and had not been able
to 
feed from this breast (so was expressing) and had returned to bf 2 days
prior 
to this latest blockage. This latest blockage she managed to clear by
pumping 
and when she emptied the milk into another container saw a large
gelatinous 
mass! She has saved it for me to have analysed. Has anyone dealt with
this 
problem before and do you have any ideas about what it may be and how to

treat it? She was quite amazed that she didnt feel it being released,
did it 
form the mass after being expressed?

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