I would love the opinions of you in cyberspace. A 12 hour postpartum woman has a large bruised looking spot on the lower aspect of her breast. She noticed something funny three days ago. Some tenderness, no noticable markings but felt something. Two days prior to delivery a redness appeared, one day prior it turned deep blue with red edges. The entire area is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and approximately round. It looks like a bruise but mother denies any trauma. It is midway between the inframammary fold and areola margin. She is small breasted and this area does not lay against another skin surface. There is pain when the center is palpated, otherwise not painful. No fever, no other symptoms of of mastitis. Second baby, breastfed first without problem. This baby was nursing fine with no pain or problem from this "thing". Have any of you wise people seen anything like this? Any ideas besides the obvious: observe for changes, alert for s/s mastitis, nurse to drain breast. TIA ***************************** Linda Stewart,RN, MSN,IBCLC in SunnySanDiego,CA [log in to unmask] *****************************