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Lumps in DD 6months breasts

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Longo · 20/02/2009 09:55

I know when babies are born they have swollen breasts but my DD is now 6 months old and they are hard lumps now, is this normal? Don't want to look stupid going to the doctor for nothing!!

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Longo · 22/02/2009 20:06

No one got any words of advice for me? I'm off to doctors tomorrow and wondering if i should mention it!?

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jeminthecity · 22/02/2009 20:08

Just tell the GP anyway- she's a baby and they won't mind. sorry no more help, just wanted to answer. I'm sure others who have experienced similar will be along at some point

littlelamb · 22/02/2009 20:11

My ds had this when he was born for about 2 months I think- it felt very strange! I was told it was just hormonal and it would go away, but to sqeeze them!! if I wanted it to go faster. Sure enough, I squeezed and the lumps disappeared. It looked like milk came out. It didn't seem to hurt him when I did it but it did look odd

jeminthecity · 22/02/2009 20:14

I seem to remember something like this but mine are older, and you DO forget all the things that once worried you etc.

Littlefish · 22/02/2009 20:16

Dd had this at about a year old. We saw a consultant paediatrician who said that it was a hormonal thing. Apparently it can take up to 2 years for a mother's hormones to leave a baby's body. I queried this as I had only breastfed for a month, but was assured that it was true.

Sure enough, the lumps disappeard by the time dd was 18 months old.

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