My son is 19 weeks, and after having a couple of blocked ducts in the early days bfing has been going brilliantly. Until Tuesday morning, pain in my right breast which has eased slightly but a big lump remains. With the others I could feel something like a small ball bearing close to my nipple/edge of aeriola. This time I can't feel the ball bearing thing, instead a large irregular shaped mass. (If I wasn't bfing I'd be panicking, but I am assuming it is milk related).
I am doing the following:
- taking ibuprofen when pain is really bad (maybe 3 doses in 24 hour period which I'm hoping is acceptable)
- trying not to wear a bra as much as possible, and have checked that nothing is pressing against me
- alternating between hot and cold flannels for comfort
- gently massaging, but it is so tender it hurts to do this even if very gently
- got husband home from work so I can sleep
- feeding from painful side first at the start of each feed then swapping to other side. (He generally feeds every 3/4 hours for just 10 minutes so he seems a little confused at my generosity at the moment).
When I've had these before they've disappeared within about 24 hours after doing the above, but this is continuing. Do any of you have suggestions for anything else I can do? How long do you think I should give it before going to see gp? (and is there any point in seeing gp about this?)
(I think this has happened due to the hot weather and fussy feeding, I'm fairly happy that latch/position is ok).