Sore/tender breast

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MurderousMaveta · 04/10/2007 19:33

I have a really sore breast, can anyone advise? Yesterday I left my breast pump at work and when I got home ds had been fed so by the time I gave him a wee bedtime top up at 7pm they´d been full since 12.30pm! He didn´t even nearly empty them but they were comfortable enough. In the night he fed a couple of times but nothing major. This morning my right breast was really full and tender, now I´ve been trying to feed him off it all day but the top part still feels firm and tender. Should I be worried? Should I do anything? It´s not firm like rock hard just as in if it was really full of milk, but it´s just the top part, not the whole breast. It kind of feels swollen I guess.

Advice?

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MurderousMaveta · 04/10/2007 20:29

anyone?

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spookthief · 04/10/2007 20:34

Sounds like a blockage. Heat, massage and "combing"from swollen placet to nipple required! Also Ibuprofen is good if there is pain or redness.

I found a hot bath and massage/hand expressing in the water really helpful. A session with your breast pump may also help.

spookthief · 04/10/2007 20:35

PS deal with it tonight. It could develop into mastitis but if you are thorough with dealing with the blockage you can usually avoid it.

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MurderousMaveta · 04/10/2007 20:37

well I thought I should do something tonight that´s why I´m desperate for advice! I don´t have the pump, it´s still at work (i didn´t work today)

will get on the massage now.. thanks

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