I've posted before about the difficulties BF DS. He's 7 weeks, had a posterior tongue tie snipped on Monday and we've been using shields.
Yesterday was the first day we managed more feeds without a shield than with, and I've ended up with plugged ducts. His latch was still poor and my nipples painful.
The worst one is in the right boob. It's already much bigger than last night, the hard lump is spreading and there are a few red streaks. It feels bruised. I have a small lump on the left that's also sore but only the size of a pea. The right side is probably half the size of the palm of my hand.
I'm trying everything... I'm making him feed feed feed, but we are using shields so I don't know how effective this is. Although I'd avoided this until he tried latching by himself so I'm not convinced his latch would be efficient enough anyway. I've tried hot compresses, hand expressing in the bath and I'm about to have a hot shower and try the comb trick. I've even tried expressing with the electric pump after feeds. My nipples are agony from yesterday which doesn't help matters.
What else can I do?! It's getting bigger and I can't clear it. I'm already on antibiotics (co-amoxiclav) that were started on Monday. Do I need to go back to the GP? I can only take paracetamol as I'm allergic to ibuprofen so I'm not sure they can offer me much more advice?