Hi all, Thanks to everyone on Lactnet. After multitudes of posts that I have read I want to share an interesting story. This mom developed a mastitis in her 8th month of preg. The left breast became very red and edematous. After tretment there were no more problems till postpartum. Shen is now 2 months pp and has had 2 more episodes of mastitis on that same breast. The last one started with a plug duct. We worked with the duct in the usual ways with no success. Then I sujested she start on lecithin and to get on hands and knees with baby on his back and nurse him. She called back a couple days later and said the duct was down, but not only did she try what I said but she also used the pump on all fours and noted the stringy milk. She must have had help because I can't imagin doing this by oneself. I still am waiting for any feed back on high arched palates. That mom is now pumping and giving bottles, her nipples were getting worse. Ann Perry RN IBCLC