Ouch ouch ouch post BF engorgement

[merryberry]

I stopped mixed feeding 10 days ago to go to bottle only, exclusively fed up to 8 months, mixed fed for a further month. Had one epsiode on each breast within 36 hours of last feed where I had to get ds to siphon off the swollen painful norkages.

Today, my first day back at work, one breast has got very swollen, hard and excruciating to touch. Have eased the ache with hot waterbottle so far. Nice, but seems to have increaed the swelling! Do not want to pump or use ds again unless really desperate.

Any other advice? Paracetemol or Ibubrofen maybe, or will they just mask any problem?

Also, dp has a theory that it's because I've been thinking about the baby so much with the return to work. Could be IMO - anyone have an opinion for interest?

Ibuprofen is good, relaxes the muscles, eases blood flow.

I used photos of dd1 to help me express at work, the mind-body connection is pretty strong. i would express a little (by hand if you prefer) just to ease the pressure during the next few days and take painkillers if you need them.

Thank you, ibuprofen first then I'll see befor bed. When I tried to express beffffffff never worked (hence move to bottes). Will laugh if it works now!

Try cabbage leaves. I used savoy, but was told by the MW that these didn't work (they did IMO though) and I should have used white cabbage. They take the heat and swelling down really well.

Do you want to completely stop? You could probably keep up just one feed a day for a while if you wanted.

I'm sure thinking about the baby isn't helping. :( Not much you can do to stop it though!

oh thank you for reminding me if that. i will do it tomorrow if there is no improvement.