In addition to the lecithin, I have moms with history of recurrent mastitis take Vitamin C 500mg a day. Don't know for sure if it helps, but it won't hurt. Maybe it strengthens the epithelium lining the ducts to prevent bacterial invasion. So far have done this with 2 moms, and they think it helps, ie, longer times between bouts ( months as opposed to weeks) for one of them, and fewer total bouts (one for baby #3 vs three bouts by age 2 mos for babies #1&2). Just a thought. Becky Saenz, MD, IBCLC Asst Prof Fam Med Univ of MS Med Ctr At 10:09 PM 11/17/99 EST, you wrote: >My mom with the recurring mastitis is now finding when she pumps the infected >breast there are clots of something in her milk. It doesn't appear to be >blood although it clots like blood. It's kind of off white and if she pours >it back and forth from bottle to bottle, it will break apart. The OB has >finally changed her antibiotics because they finally cultured the milk and >found it to be a staph that was resistant to the former antibiotics. I >suggested she have the OB send the clots to the lab. Can anyone shed any >light on what these clots are? I have suggested that the mom also take 2 T >lecithin granules per day. Please share your wisdom and suggestions with me. > >Warmly, >Pat Lindsey, IBCLC >Pediatrics Plus staff LC and Private Practice >Orlando, FL > > *********************************************** >The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned >LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) >mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: >http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html