Ds2 is 17 weeks. Over the last could of weeks he's finally been sleeping better at night (hurrah!). This has impacted my boobs in that as he's gone longer I've been waking up with ever increasing full, painful boobs. I've have expressed enough to make myself comfortable then gone back to sleep until he's needed feeding. He only wants 1 side per feed so 1 side ends up quite full again before he needs it. Then just to throw into the mix ds has been teething (he has been for ages but things really ramped up the last couple of days with his first tooth breaking through this morning) with him being understandably irritable & subsequently very fussy & faffy to feed. It's also caused a couple of night wakings the last couple of nights where he's wanted feeding & cuddling (& basically Bob on tap last night ;-) ) This left me yesterday evening with a full, quite painful breast. I have tried to feed as much as possible on that side but it still feels really bruised & tender to touch. I've felt bruised before when I've got a bit too full but it's usually cleared by now. I did have a milk blister a week or so ago on the same side but that had all cleared up with no lasting effects.
Any suggestions on what the pain is, what to do about it, how to stop this happening again, how to deal with the full boob issues & any other tips would be much appreciated? !