Help! I have an extremely stubborn and vv painful blocked duct that appeared this morning, and all the symptoms of mastitis (chills, aches etc). I've started on the antibiotics that my GP gave me as a reserve last time I had mastitis. But all my efforts to shift the plug seem to be failing.
I've tried: hot compresses, ibuprofen, expressing machine, baby in ridiculous position trying to get his chin in line with blocked duct (tricky as it's level with my armpit!), hand massage in hot bath which seemed to get a lot of gloopy milk out from the duct, like thin spaghetti (sorry TMI). But it's still agonising, and still blocked as far as I can tell. Where do I go from here?! I've gone through this four times with two DCs, but I've never had such a painful time of it.