Help! Pisition to clear a blocked duct?

[FutureNannyOgg]

I think I have a blocked duct, on the side of the breast near the armpit, its sore, a bit hard and the skin is red. How do I position DS to best drain it? Is it his chin that needs to point towards the dodgy bit? He's 1 so pretty easy to feed from funny angles.

[japhrimel]

Yep, chin.

Some say it won't help as ducts don't go in a straight line, but I found it worked wonders. What I did was lay DD on the bed and kneel over her, with hr chin pointed towards the blockage. Cleared it straight away!

[buttonmoon78]

I had this with ds last week (though he's only 4wks so a slight difference!).

I found that rugby ball hold helped.

[FutureNannyOgg]

Thanks, rugby ball works even better when they are big enough to sit next to you on the sofa facing the opposite way. Thanks ladies.