URGENT! Not BF for 10 days now - in agony.........................

[MandyBOO]

My right boob is hard, bumpy and is painful to touch. Am going to see DR tomorrow but just wondered if this might be the start of mastitis???

Sounds like the start. Why have you not bf for that time? Can you express a little to ease the pain?

have decided to stop BFing now - ds on formula. Keep feeling like i need to justify my resons but erm...... there are no reasons! Just wanted to stop and ds was kind of losing interest too.

Go in the shower and get under some warm water. Massage and knead the affected breast moving from edge towards nipple, concentrate on the lumpy bits. It sounds like blocked ducts and can leave you feeling like shit. Running a comb over the lumpy bits can also help. You want to clear the blockage - you may even feel a pea like lump moving as you massage. Repeat until it eases but I would definitely express for a while or mastitis can develop.

Mandymoo you really should express, pronto. have you stopped cold turkey? could you persuade ds to feed? maybe cut down gradually instead?
mastitis is bloody miserable, poor you

feeding was gradually stopped with me just feeding mornings and evenings for a few weeks.

Just what the others said - mastitis is dreadful and to be avoided. What I think happens when you express is that it is less effective than BF so the brain doesn't produce as much milk as it would were you to BF and so the supply gradually cuts down. Plus a sneaky and rude hijack (sorry)