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Help help help - Blocked duct?

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Nightmoves · 28/02/2013 20:01

Woke this morning with very full feeling right boob. Odd I thought, but DS (11 months) had completed a rare 5 hour uninterrupted stint of sleep during the night so put it down to that. Fed him. Still there. Expressed using pump. Still there and only got about 10mls. Also tiny white spot on end of nipple. Looked it up and been dutifully massaging, hot shower, frequent nursing or expressing. Also hand expressed. Also had him feed with my boob dangling. Not budging. My questions are as follows:
When should I worry? I feel fine at the mo, no temp etc so don't think it's mastitis, yet.
Should I burst white blip with something sterile?
Should I get up during the night to express? DS normally up regularly but don't want to neglect the left side.
All I am doing is draining the new milk at the mo. Surely all this expressing and nursing will stimulate more milk and make me more uncomfy?
Aaaaaahhh - so sore. This hasn't happened to me before. Was actually thinking smugly that my bf had gone so smoothly. Serves me right I suppose.

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UsedToBeAPixie · 28/02/2013 22:13

This happened to me a couple of weeks ago - I'd gone 6mths with never a blockage and all of a sudden...
I did everything, hot showers, massage, expressing etc... In the end I just kept feeding DS on that side until it shifted, did a couple of extra night feeds that he didn't really ask for ;) I actually felt it "pop"!
I didn't get a little white spot though, but I think I've seen on other threads that others have so I'm sure someone will advise!

Nightmoves · 28/02/2013 23:19

Thanks pixie. Can I ask, how long did it take?

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LackaDAISYcal · 28/02/2013 23:23

Sounds like a milk blister?

UsedToBeAPixie · 01/03/2013 08:12

Hi, I noticed the lump around lunchtime and it popped at around 3am during one of the extra feeds... Wink

Nightmoves · 01/03/2013 20:50

Thanks for the replies. DS managed to unblock in the middle of the night. Phew!!!

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