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Milk came in today, hugely engorged with painful lumps. Help!

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artichokes · 21/12/2008 19:10

dd is 3 days old.
feeding pretty well but not taking loads.

today milk came in rather dramatically.
my breasts are huge and both have several painful lumps.
the left breast has a very painful lump but massaging it seems to make it more tender. you can see the redness through the skin (although this could be aggrevated by massaging).

what can i do?
is this normal or beginnings of mastitis? do lumps often appear when milk arrives?
i have no pump and am unsure whether pumping might not stimulate more milk and make things worse.

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TheProvincialLady · 23/12/2008 17:53

Artichokes - our babies were born the same day (congratulations) and my DS has been very similar. You still have my email address I think so get in touch if you want to chat about that or anything else

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