So this might be a silly question. I'm feeding my first baby who is now 12 weeks old. I have had problems with over supply and recurrent mastitis. Generally we just feed from one side at each feed which is about every 3 hours and once overnight between 11-7, ie 7 feeds/day. My breasts are still uncomfortably full ( hard lumpy) in the morning and improved through the day, but if I miss a feed (eg to go out for the evening while DH gives a bottle of expressed milk), it throws everything out of kilter and my breast feel over full for 24 hours again. I hate this as I am super paranoid about getting more mastitis. I keep expecting milk supply to "settle" which in my head means I no longer feel uncomfortably full, and can miss the odd feed without regretting it. Is this reasonable to expect or do your breasts always have a tendency to be hard and lumpy if you miss a feed? Thanks in anticipation.
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How do your breasts feel when milk supply settles?
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Jolay100 · 26/08/2014 09:02
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