Stopped BFing - lumpy nipple - anyone else?

[MrsSnaplegs]

Hoping for a bit of advice from those who have BF before.

I stopped BFing about 5 weeks ago prior to my return to work.

It took a little while for my milk to dry up and I am not sure whether it has gone completely as both nipples have "leaked" tiny amounts of milky white fluid on manipulation in bath until yesterday. Right nipple fine, breast soft and not tender.

Left nipple yesterday became suddenly itchy and red. On examination I have a lump about the size of a grape directly under my nipple in the aereola. Aereola is red and itchy and slightly dimpled, nipple on that side is semi inverted anyway so difficult to judge any change there.

I know with any breast lumps I need to see my GP and will make an appointment but first wanted to ask here if anyone had any similar experiences?

I had really bad thrush in both breasts at Xmas whilst feeding but had treatment and battled through the pain - could this be a reoccurance of thrush? Is it a blocked duct? (There is no fluid now leaking from that side)

I have looked on leading BC websites and they do say 90% of lumps are benign. Happy to go to my GP and leave the decision process up to her but wondered if it was thrush again whether I should try treating it for a couple of days?

Does anyone have any experience of this post BFing?

Anyone?

Bump for evening crowd

Right I had a lump on my nipple after BF DC1 - At breast clinic I was told it was a benign growth possibly caused by trauma of breastfeeding. It was like a skin tag over a milk duct kind of thing. They offered to remove it but then it weirdly shrank by itself. Then after finishing DC2 both my nipples went semi inverted and that one that originally had a lump on was the worst. Off I went to the BC again and it was again caused by trauma and tissue loss. Attractive.

One year (I think?) on and they are both normalish but that dodgy left one still has a tendency to invert.

So I don't know if any of that help but thought I would share my dodgy nip BF shame with a total stranger anyway

Yes I'd rather share here with a stranger for advice first as opposed to dr who is a sort of friend!

This lump is under my nipple inside so not a skin tag
I thought maybe blocked ducts?

It's the itchiness that concerns me as one of my friends was diagnosed with BC and her first indicator was itchy breasts. She said the only other time she'd has that was when she was pregnant and she knew she wasn't. I know I'm not either.

Itchiness could be thrush. Are you youngish? Any family history of breast cancer?

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Only history is non blood relative aunt as far as I know