Hello,
DD is 4 weeks old, I am feeding her at each feed with the breast and, if she's still hungry, the bottle. She normally feeds for 10-20 minutes on each breast, and takes 0.5oz - 4oz of bottle afterwards, depending on what's going on with her. She feeds fairly predictably every 2-3 hours, slightly longer at night and tends to only take breast milk at and through the night.
For a couple of days now I have had a feeling, or sensation, in both my breasts, which I can't really call pain - it's more like a dull ache. Actually, it's just like a noticeable "presence" in both breasts. It comes on generally between feeds, in both breasts at the same time, and can't be ignored when it happens. It makes me feel as though my breasts have gone rigid, but I've never really checked as they're pretty tender at the best of times. It goes away on feeding. It kind of feels like a hard object has lodged itself in my breast tissue, near the ribs, almost like a hard disc.
I've googled things like plugged ducts, thrush and mastitis and don't think it's any of those - no fever, no pain as such, no redness etc. Am I reading too much into this? Is this all just normal breastfeeding stuff (never done it before this child)? As I say, it's not exactly painful as such, more like an ache or an unignorable presence in my breasts. I guess I could live with it, but it's not pleasant.
Thanks very much for your thoughts!