eek is this normal?

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we gave up breastefeeding yesterday - from about an hour every morning and 10 mins at night (sometimes 10 mins in the afternoon too) to nothing. tried to wean gradually but ds not having it.

Today i have footballs on my chest - decided to express a little (to releieve the pressure and also to have some ebm to mix with normal milk to try to trick ds into drinking it) - pushed hard bit on the side of my boob and it squirted for about 4 minutes non stop (just with the pressure, no pumping).

am I in danger of mastitis? what shall i do?

Its been a while since I bf but it sounds like you massaged a resevoir (excuse spelling) - a big one. I always understood that if you were relieving the pressure then you stood less chance of causing problems. I could be wrong though so hopefully a proper expert might help instead!

(if I do get to Cambridge then you are more than welcome to come punting )

If you keep expressing it, you will keep producing. Try using alternate hot and cold face cloths to reduce the pressure, or a nice warm bath. It should go away itself. If it keeps up then maybe see your doc?

No, I could do squirt for england on a regular basis. First time, absolutely drenched poor DD2 as she vainly attempted to latch on!

When mine are engorged they can squirt for Britain!

In fat DS1 barely need suckle - it just squirts in his mouth!

I remember reading on MN, from someone like Tiktok, that expressing a bit wasn't actually going to mean massive overproduction.

the thing is, the lumpy bit is in the same place where I did have a blocked duct ages ago. Last time i used ds as a duct unblocker.

I will keep up the expressing small amounts - my body can pretend i'm dropping one feed at a time or something.

(both my babies used to get on, pull away in horror as they got soaked, and I'd watch milk jetting across the room. Nice. Especially at my parents'.)

lie in a hot bath

try not to express

chilled savoy cabbage leaves down your bra

you really are a foodie aren't you

not telling you where I'm putting the yogurt at the mo Jools

just thought I'd pop in to say "ooooowwwwwwww"

will red cabbage do?

how long does it last again?