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Do be careful with the cabbage, as it is also used for weaning. I know it sounds odd, but on another board, a woman said she had a stubborn plugged duct. She finally cleared it up by sucking it out herself. Perhaps she was able to suck harder than the pump on the strongest setting. So, if you are able to reach, maybe you'd be willing to try? It is not comfortable, being engorged. Trust me, you don't want it to get worse.
Another thing I have heard to clear it up, when nursing a baby, try laying your baby on the floor, get on all fours, and have your breasts hang down, for baby to nurse. So it's kind of like a cow. I know, another odd thing, but whatever works to get rid of that plugged duct!
Keep trying the shower, and hot compresses. I feel your pain!
wife to Jim, mommy to Daphne and Jeran and Jalen
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Ok, I swear I am running out of questions....but here is one....
The other day I had the plugged duct and I got sick from a bad burrito.....my girlfriend said since it was food related I shoudl pump and dump for 24 hours.....well, it has been that, but the plugged duct gave way this morning and now I have alot from that breast....I am sure it is some from when I was sick....shoudl I dump?
The bad food was Tuesday night and now it is Thursday morning.
Thanks all,
Eden
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no you don't need to dump your milk. It might just be the burrito didn't agree with you. But I wouldn't dump my milk. Also .. i would suggest talking a 400 mg lecithin 4 times a day.. take it with your domperidone. It will keep those ducts open. I know I was having a problem getting mine to open and let out the milk. Lenore suggested the lecithin. I take it everyday. If I don't I notice it doesn't come out as easy
Adoptive mommy to 4 , Last 2 adopted nursed. Youngest nursed till she was 5! Raising 2 grandbabies, as infants they were raised on donor breast milk 
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hey nona,
My tabs are 1200 mg and I take those four times a day....I am getting conflicting reports. What do you think?
Eden
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Eden, I got some lecithin last night that said 400 mg, equivalent to 1200 mg of....I can't remember, but it was some other type of lecithin...Is that what yours says too? I am hoping got the right kind. But I am guessing so, since the recommended dose is 4/day.... Are you still feeling like you have plugged ducts on that one side? I find it really hard to know when to quit pumping each session, as some lumpy 'fullness' always remains, even when the flow is down to just infrequent drips and I have pumped 20 min or more...
Mary in Idaho, mom to 7, including 2 from Korea, and Emily Zion (1�) coming home from Ethiopia in February!
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Hi,
My bottle of Lecithin says 1200 mg..Lenore told me to take 4 a day...We are waiting for the medical reports to be faxed today, and if everything is ok then....we finallly have a daughter! She is over 8 lbs, 2 days old in Guatemala,,so gorgeous, she even has a slightly large nose and 2 chins like me!
More details to follow...but I may be leaving for Guatemala in the next few days to go down and meet her, she should be ready to come home in December! Wish us luck...more details to follow.....Cathy
NG protocol 7 months.pumped 5/15-9/15
started pumping again 1/26/04
Ana born 6/03.home 3/30/04
trying to nurse!
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Cathy! WOW! That is so great..I am keeping everything I have crossed for you!
Mary, I don't know about that, might want to email Lenore presonally for clarification. She has been amazing!
I quit after 20 to 30.....I just have to have a life , too!
But the big news is....I think I am up to Three ounces a day!
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Hi Eden,
I usually quit after 20 min too. With setup and cleanup, that's close to half an hour anyway, 6 times a day, then one short session in the wee hours of the night. A LOT of time invested. I am getting weary of it, but encouraged by the results. That is fabulous you are getting 3 oz a day! Your freezer will really be filling up fast now! I have about 200 oz in the freezer now. Luckily I have two freezers so am not out of room yet. How many days til your baby comes?
Mary in Idaho, mom to 7, including 2 from Korea, and Emily Zion (1�) coming home from Ethiopia in February!
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hmmm let me check my Lecithin... okay it says 400 mg of CONCENTRATED soy lecithin. Provies the same phosphatidylcholine as 1200 mg lecithin. I take 4 of these a day.
Adoptive mommy to 4 , Last 2 adopted nursed. Youngest nursed till she was 5! Raising 2 grandbabies, as infants they were raised on donor breast milk
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