Ds is one week old and has mastitis???

[littlelamb]

I mentioned to the midwife earlier this week that ds has very lumpy nipples, and she told me that he has mastitis, which surprised me a bit! I had two bouts of mastitis when I was feeding dd and it was horrible, so why are they happy to just let him have it?! She told me to put a warm flannel on his chest to help clear it up. I have never heard of a baby having mastitis before, is there anything I can actually do to help? The warm flannels seem to be pretty useless.

Dont know if it the same thing but sounds similar to my ds. My midwife recommended warm flannels and then very gently trying to express some milk from him. Milk in newborns is apparently quite common due to your hormones. My ds didnt seem bothered by the expressing and was a lot happier to cuddle in to feed afterwards which suggests he was more comfortable.

My ds also had lumpy nipples, but was told it was due to high levels of female hormone in a newborn BF boy. and would settle - it did.

From here

1. Common response to maternal Estrogens
2. Breast enlargement usually resolves in weeks
3. May be accompanied by milk discharge (witch's milk)

I'm by the "witch's milk" comment on a website for professionals.

Does your DS seem to be in pain?