Blocked milk duct. Any tips?

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It's been blocked over a month now. There's a hard, white spot on my right nipple which is sore and my right breast is often full and painful.

So far I've tried starting from the right breast on every feed, warm baths, massages and even a calpol syringe! Latch seems to be okay so not sure why it's still blocked.

Anyone know how I can unblock it?

Hi, it sounds like a bleb which is a blocked pore on the surface which then causes a blockage “backstream”. I get them quite a bit in the same spot on each breast and they can be so sore! Have you tried a saline soak? Like a tsp of salt dissolved in hot water then add cold until it’s still warm But won’t scald! Then try soaking the affected nipple for 10 mins (I put mine in a haakaa silicone pump and leave it on). Rinse off and rub it with a flannel or something to see if it’ll budge the skin that’s blocking the pore. If you can feed straight after rinsing off the saline too then baby might clear it for you. Or express to see if it’s shifted it and clear the backed up milk if baby isn’t due a feed or won’t oblige 🤣
Let me know how you can on! X

kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mother/nipplebleb/

This has some great info on it x

Kellymom has good advice. I found the things that helped were:

• warmth before a feed
• massage (quite firmly, ‘combing’ towards the nipple)
• dangle feeding
• changing position so the baby’s nose points in all different directions