I just cleared a blocked duct. Man, does that feel good.

[Cocobear]

I can't believe it worked. I also can't believe I did that - just put a sterilised needle (very gently) to a small white blister on my nipple. And out came all the blocked milk. I am both repelled and amazed.

[verylittlecarrot]

Congrats, cocobear! I am currently working on getting rid of one myself at the mo. I once had one which was caused by a teeny tiny plug of dried milk in the nipple, which
I squeezed out...and it was followed by the most impressive jet of milk shooting across the room. I had to scramble to get my boob into dd's mouth quick sharp to give her the milk...and the hard blockage in the boob disappeared instantly.

AMAZING!

[toadstool]

Did it come out as a sticky blob of goo or as a gush of milk? Curious because a blob popped out of the tip of my nipple after a nasty 'cracked and bleeding' engorgement period and I wondered if it meant I already had a blocked duct. Ugh!

[verylittlecarrot]

For me, the blockage plug was tiny, like squeezing a blackhead, only white (sorry, that's a vile description), and the jet of milk that followed was watery like foremilk, which relieved all the pressure within a couple of minutes. I knew I had a blocked duct because of the hard painful lump in my boob caused by the backed up milk, and only discovered the plugged pore later.

Now each time I get a blocked duct I look to see if I can find a plug in the nipple that's causing it!

[blazingsandals]

URGGGH congrats but URRGGGH. I just let DD feed on that side exclusively and she's about the equivalent of a Dyson vacuum cleaner when she realises there is little left so that normally does it too.

[Cocobear]

Sometimes it's a strange old journey, this breastfeeding thing. I pumped out the backed-up milk (DD was fast asleep) and about 40 ml came out of just that duct. Bizarre, yet strangely satisfying. And the pain is gone, gone, gone.