This may be getting a bit too late for you now Jenni - hopefully the
problem is nearly solved.  However you may consider using magnesium
sulphate (Epsom salts) dissolved in an ice cream container of warm water
and ask the mother to submerge her breast in it.  The warm water and the
soaking encourages the milk ejection reflex and the epsom salts work
mysteriously to reduce the oedema.  Mothers I have used this technique with
love it.
Someone mentioned using ultrasound - there was a randomised, double blind
study published in Breastfeeding Review several years ago which compared
therapeutic ultrasound to same equipment minus the ultrasound crystal - the
results showed that the ultrasound was of no more benefit than the massage
which I believe Jenni is already using.
Good luck Jenni
Denise

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Denise Fisher MMP, BN, IBCLC
BreastEd Online Lactation Studies Courses
http://www.health-e-learning.com

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