engorgement emergency - help!

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Can anyone help? this is my first time here but i'm in dire straits with accutely engorged breast. Have 6 week old baby and been b'feeding ok but last 2 days he didn't feed properly and i cld only feed v irregularly yesterday due to hospital appts etc. so 1 breast now full of countless lumps, unbelievably painful and cannot express anything off it. Baby won't feed from it to help clear either.

cold cabbage leave in bra?
Cold flannel/hot flanner and massage towards nipple,
Sit in a nice warm bath- that helped for me.

Not sure of any toehrs- but oyu haev my sympathy.
it happened to me a few times and it is bloody sore.
good luck

Put a really hot flannel on it or stand in a hot shower for 5 mins or so, or till you notice the milk beginning to flow, then express a bit. Then your baby should be able to feed from it. Good luck, it's agony, but it feels so much better once it's drained!

two links from Kellymom on

plugged ducts and

milk blisters

I used to get milk blisters and they were agony Hope you are OK