help! bf suddenly painful on one side!

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my DD is 15 weeks, and bf has been ok ( a toungue tie to start and slow weight gain just to stress me out!!)

But yesterday it has started to hurt with her on my right side, whatever position she is in. The skin isn't broken, the pain is more 'inside' of my nipple. Any ideas/ solutions?

It also hurts to express on this side, and the pain continues afterwards.

Could be mastitis on that side. Have a search for mastitis on the boards here, but I think the general approach is:

• continue to feed/express from that side - little & often can help clear a blockage
• apply warm flannel / warm bath / warm shower
• put cabbage leaves in bra (yes really)
• see GP tomorrow if not gone - you can ask for emergency/walk in appt (if they say no, say you are bf-ing a 15wk old and just turn up) - and DEF go if it's any worse or you have flu symptoms as when mastitis gets bad, it's really bad.

HTH