Help! giving up breastfeeding and getting painful lumps :(

[cityangel]

Ds is 6 months and I am in the process of giving up breastfeeding. No matter how I try I keep getting sore lumpy bits in my right boob.

I've tried putting ds back on in different positions, get very little out expressing. Hot showers and a flannel help a little but then a couple of hours later I'm back to painful square 1

I am guessing its a blocked duct issue... any idea how I can give up and avoid complications/ infection etc. or does everyone have to go through this. I can just handle it at the moment but I am worried it could get much worse

Any help would really be appreciated.

It does sound like blocked ducts. Are you trying to stop completely? Maybe easing off a bit more gardually would help....

thanks bubbley I started gradually but ds is refusing the breast preferring the bottle and I am in a world of hard boob pain.

Does anyone know if there's a happy ending to blocked ducts whilst ending breastfeeding. I am really worried

please help boob is really sore

Try and feed ds from breast when really hungry, if he is down right refusing then express with the hot(not too hot) on boob and massage down the blocked duct, this worked for me eventually breasts will get used to less demand, do make sure you are draining them completely

breastfeeding hard work and even harder when you think your alone
your not

sorry left out flannel, hot flannel

I would agree with plum bum - hot bath/shower and hot flannel will help - and express some milk off to keep the pressure down. If you don't want to waste it you could always express whatever you get into a bottle and give it to her that way... Hop eyou feel better soon - very nasty! Also a hot water bottle can help as well...

thank you so muc

I am hanging in there but after the 6 months struggling to get breastfeeding established its now a nightmare bringing it to an end.

I just wanted to slow it to still be able to feed at night/ first feed/ express but its all going a bit wrong and boob is killing.