Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Flexible and made to last.

Meet the Other Phone.
Flexible and made to last.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Aibu to call 111 to be seen tonight or wait for tomorrow - DD 6 breast lump.

35 replies

blooshboon · 27/04/2025 14:39

Just bathed DD, 6 in July.

noticed her left nipple is bigger than her right and there’s a lump underneath it.
now I do have health anxiety, so I haven’t googled, and

do intend to call GP tomorrow but was just wondering if anyone has had anything similar?? Lump feels like the size of a 50P, and it’s not painful or tender for her.
I am aware of breast buds, but I wouldn’t of thought this was possible at not even 6 yet!

She is my first and only child, so can’t go off what happened with other kids or anything.

I can feel the lump move around when nipples squeezed either side, and it’s a hard lump.

should I wait for GP tomorrow or would it be dramatic to call 111?

OP posts:
JandamiHash · 27/04/2025 14:41

My DD once did, she was maybe 7 or 8. It was a few years ago and I can’t remember what it was called but it was fine

Fuzzyblank · 27/04/2025 14:42

Wait for the GP - sounds like a breast bud. These can be the first sign of puberty but doesn’t mean periods are imminent. Best to get a GP to check over

stayathomegardener · 27/04/2025 14:42

It’s a breast bud and absolutely normal.

stayathomegardener · 27/04/2025 14:42

Snap @Fuzzyblank

nocoolnamesleft · 27/04/2025 15:00

Don’t go calling 111 over a breast bud.

ExtraOnions · 27/04/2025 15:04

My daugher was the same, started her periods at 9. We went to see the Endrochronologist (?) to check all was ok, which it was.

QuickPeachPoet · 27/04/2025 15:07

As someone who has seen a loved one on a trolley for hours and hospitals at capacity, please don’t waste vital EMERGENCY resources on something that can wait for a GP appointment
And consider making one for yourself to sort your anxiety.

Changethenamey · 27/04/2025 15:10

Breast bud, it’s fine but call GP if you are concerned. This is not 111 worthy.

itsgettingweird · 27/04/2025 15:12

Yes breast bud.

Id contact GP because they usually first appear around 8-12 years old.

They may want to refer for checks on her hormones and precocious puberty but some children do naturally start periods around 8/9 so this may just be normal for her and she’s an early developer.

zingally · 27/04/2025 15:35

I remember calling my mum into the bathroom when I was about 8 because I found these hard lumps under my nipples. She shrugged and told me it was normal.
5 IS young, so worth a GP visit, but certainly not 111!

letsnotIRL · 27/04/2025 15:52

I had breast buds from around 6.5YO, and started my period at 9/10YO. Sounds normal but she will need checking with GP, they may do a blood test to check hormone levels.

AusBoundDD · 27/04/2025 15:52

QuickPeachPoet · 27/04/2025 15:07

As someone who has seen a loved one on a trolley for hours and hospitals at capacity, please don’t waste vital EMERGENCY resources on something that can wait for a GP appointment
And consider making one for yourself to sort your anxiety.

This.

Sprookjesbos · 27/04/2025 15:58

My DD had this on one side at 8 and it was painful for a day or two then it just went away again (at least the pain subsided and she never mentioned it again!) I assumed breast bud but then she was 8 so at the lower end of the normal age range you'd expect. She's almost 10 and still hasn't started periods or had any other breast development! I definitely wouldn't panic.

Iudncuewbccgrcb · 27/04/2025 15:58

It's not necessarily a breast bud my daughter had something very similar at the same age and it it was an inflamed gland or / cyst or something.

GP prodded it a bit and referred to paediatrics in case it was precocious puberty.

3 months later when the paediatrics appointment came round it had already been gone for a few weeks.

Paediatrics looked at the photos, did another poke around for about 5mins and discharged us on the spot.

HÆLTHEPAIN · 27/04/2025 16:03

Definitely wait for GP. A&E will probably only refer you back to them anyway and it would be horrible for your daughter (and you) to sit through waiting when it’s unnecessary.

As others have said, it could be a breast bud or something equally harmless. My daughter had similar at around 18 months old and when we got it checked it was nothing. I can’t even remember what they said it was (possibly a cyst), but it went on its own eventually.

Original poster
blooshboon · 27/04/2025 16:10

Thanks everyone! I weren’t going to go to A&E by any means, but 111 can refer to the local OOH.

the thing that’s worrying me as silly as it sounds, is that there ISNT any pain or it’s not sore. Because iirc when I started budding ( I was a little later ) they were extremely tender to the touch.

OP posts:
HÆLTHEPAIN · 27/04/2025 16:28

blooshboon · 27/04/2025 16:10

Thanks everyone! I weren’t going to go to A&E by any means, but 111 can refer to the local OOH.

the thing that’s worrying me as silly as it sounds, is that there ISNT any pain or it’s not sore. Because iirc when I started budding ( I was a little later ) they were extremely tender to the touch.

My daughter’s didn’t seem to bother her, though as she was only little, she possibly wouldn’t have communicated that very well anyway. That said, she gave no indication of pain at all. No touching it or wincing. I only noticed it when I was putting her vest on one day.

NeedABabelFish · 27/04/2025 16:37

blooshboon · 27/04/2025 16:10

Thanks everyone! I weren’t going to go to A&E by any means, but 111 can refer to the local OOH.

the thing that’s worrying me as silly as it sounds, is that there ISNT any pain or it’s not sore. Because iirc when I started budding ( I was a little later ) they were extremely tender to the touch.

You don't even need to see an OOH doctor, just make a normal appointment with your GP.

LuckysDadsHat · 27/04/2025 16:47

blooshboon · 27/04/2025 16:10

Thanks everyone! I weren’t going to go to A&E by any means, but 111 can refer to the local OOH.

the thing that’s worrying me as silly as it sounds, is that there ISNT any pain or it’s not sore. Because iirc when I started budding ( I was a little later ) they were extremely tender to the touch.

This is a GP thing. OOH is for acute illnesses. This can wait till the GP reopens tomorrow. Even if OOH saw you they would be unlikely to refer you on to anyone or transfer you as its not an acute illness.

itbemay1 · 27/04/2025 16:49

Breast bus. See GP next available.

Original poster
blooshboon · 27/04/2025 17:43

Thanks guys, will call GP in the morning.

Just weren’t expecting anything like this at this age, was thinking a few years time.

OP posts:
Original poster
blooshboon · 27/04/2025 18:32

Does anyone know if it’s fine to not be painful?

sorry for posting again, but everything I can find on breast buds, indicated there should be soreness however there’s no pain or tenderness at all.

OP posts:
thaegumathteth · 27/04/2025 18:35

What are you worried it is?

Iudncuewbccgrcb · 27/04/2025 19:13

blooshboon · 27/04/2025 18:32

Does anyone know if it’s fine to not be painful?

sorry for posting again, but everything I can find on breast buds, indicated there should be soreness however there’s no pain or tenderness at all.

That's probably because it's not a breast bud. It will be a gland or a cyst or something and probably absolutely harmless.

HÆLTHEPAIN · 28/04/2025 11:17

blooshboon · 27/04/2025 18:32

Does anyone know if it’s fine to not be painful?

sorry for posting again, but everything I can find on breast buds, indicated there should be soreness however there’s no pain or tenderness at all.

Well it was fine for my daughter.