A mom called me on the warmline today with her second bout of mastitis. Baby is 6 weeks old. She had a "perfect" breastfeeding experience with the first baby. She had what she describes as an overactive letdown with the second, struggled to feed for 3 months, then pumped for another month. She has had nipple pain, describing her nipples as very red or purple, the entire 6 weeks with this baby and frequent plugged ducts. She feels she can take her time feeding even though she's busy with the two older children and has plenty of help. She thinks she got mastitis the first time because she slept on her side, and feels she got the second bout because baby didn't drain both breasts at one feeding a few days ago. My feeling is that there is a latch problem due to the nipple trauma and pain so asked her to drop in to assess the baby since she didn't have a Peds appointment for another 2 1/2 weeks. She was schedduled for the outpatient visit, then left me a message to cancel because she decided to call the Ped instead who told her to come in and she would give some homeopathic remedies. Do any of you have any experience with homeopathy helping in this situation? I feel it won't solve the recurrent mastisis if the cause of the problem is not addressed as well. I will call her just to follow up in 2 days. Linda Anderegg, BSN, RNC, IBCLC in Chicago *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome