I have a 5mo baby son who's on breastmilk only (mainly breast, some expressed), and after some issues at the start (tongue tie, cracked/blistered nipples etc) the last few months of breastfeeding have been fine. His latch can still be a little shallow (our technique didn't totally chance post tongue-tie snip) but it hasn't caused problems before.
However, over the past couple of days my left nipple is sore to the touch to the left of the tip and wince/intake of breath-painful (not agony) when he is feeding. Also, since last night, the whole left side of the breast is achy and tender to touch, it and and the areola look taut, and I now notice it feels hard and lumpy in comparison to the rest of the breast and also my right breast. The closest thing I've felt before is the tenderness I had before my period started (they haven't restarted yet and I'd have expected the aching to be on both sides). It feels like it could be over-full but I've expressed a lot off and it made no difference.
Do any of you have advice on what this might be and how I can treat it? I'm abroad on holiday until the end of the month so can't just book GP appointment so easily. Feeling a bit sore and fed up!
Thank you!
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WhippettyWeekend · 21/08/2018 11:02
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