Mary  wrote:
> after she nurses her week old baby, her areola swells in a kind of half moon pattern above
her nipple and a little below it.
At first I thought it might be fluids as she had some pitting on RPS
before nursing, but when I touched it it was very soft and then her
nipple became erect from the touching and the swelling disappeared.
Swelling came back when nipple relaxed. It does not hurt or anything
but we are curious about what it could be. The other problems she is
having are; breasts enlarged lots during all three pregnancies, had
too much milk with first two and has tons this time, too. Has
engorgement even with home birth, lots of nursing from beginning. <

Mary, do you think that this could be a form of gigantomastia?
You might want to check out this article by Cheri Casciola in LEAVEN,
Vol. 41 No. 3, June-July 2005, pp. 62-63:
Gigantomastia,
http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVJunJul05p62.html

warmly, norma

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