I'm currently 7 weeks postnatal and exclusively feeding my baby. All has been going okay on the feeding front but this morning I woke up and my right breast was very ridgy and solid along the underside of the breast (lumpy ducts). I fed the baby and then pumped off any residue (it still felt painful after the feed so obviously not engorgement) and then massaged the area in a warm shower. It is still really painful. I've expressed after my 10.30 feed to clear off any milk (got about 5 mls) and have been placing alternate hot and cold gel compresses in my bra but it still feels achy and slightly burny. There's no redness but it does feel sore.
Can it be mastitis? I don't have a temperature and don't feel unwell and there's no redness on the breast. Just the internal pain and swelling - almost like I've been repeatedly punched in the breast. Also, I've been on antibiotics for 10 days (flucoxicillin) for a wound infection so I'm at a loss as to how I can have developed an infection whilst chomping on those. Maybe they're not the 'right' antibiotics for mastitis. Any thoughts or tips for relieving the pain. My GP is shut for the next three hours.
THanks in advance.
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kitstwins · 02/06/2011 13:12
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