DD is 7 weeks old and breast feeding has been a battle for me from the start. Have had two bouts of thrush and two of mastitus, terrible nipple trauma and a bad latch. But in the last 2 weeks it has all improved massively and i was actually starting to enjoy it. But today my right breast was painful and when i felt it there was a golf ball sized hard lump, feel desparately upset and demoralised. Why can't i get it right? I think i must be the worst breast feeder in the world and am letting down my lovely little girl.
Since finding the lump i have been feeding her almost constantly to try and shift it but no joy, have taken paracetemol and ibuprofen, had a bath and massaged the breast (so much that it now feels really tender). In the last 7 weeks have been going to local breastfeeding support and had lots of different councillors check my latch, which is now fine. What else can i do?
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frogmarsh · 15/09/2008 19:51
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