When I have been in a situation where momma has milk coming down and no baby to nurse, and the breasts are beginning to harden, it can get nasty for momma, as well as painful....I would contact your vet and see if she wants to start her on an antibiotic for a week, and I always do warm compresses at least 3 times a day....I just take a wet face towel, heat it in the microwave until it isvery warm....then I wrap it in a plastic bag to retain the heat.....I lay the warm compress on my left foreare, and stretch momma out stradeling my forearm over the compress, and let her lay there until the towel cools down.....they LOVE this, it feels so good to them, and of course, their momma is holding them and soothing them and mine doze off..... One one occasion when momma had a mastitis, I did the antibiotics as well as the warm compresses, and I massaged her breasts to help break up that hardening milk....
I am sorry you lost your little newborn...was there any evidence of what happened that caused the death?.
Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 02-02-2015 at 11:20 PM.
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