5 weeks and my boobs are so painful I want to rip them off!

[OmicronPersei7]

Please can anyone offer me any advice?

I’m just over 5 weeks and my breasts have turned overnight into agony sacks. My areolae are now dark as the night and particularly tender.

I can just about cope with tucking the girls away inside a non underwired crop-top-come-bralette thing that I own. Just about. Still agony.
Can’t wear my ordinary bras, can’t go without bras. They ache constantly. Can hardly sleep with the pain!

Is there anything I can take or do? Any advice gratefully received right now, however weird!!! Thanks.

Put a hot flannel on them...not boiling hot obviously... but get the flannel (two!) nice and hot and wring it out...then put one on each boob. It feels relieving.

This happened to me in my first pregnancy, lasted 3 horrible and memorable days and then all was fine again.

Savoy cabbage leaves are recommended for sore boobs when breastfeeding - you could try that - straight out of the fridge and into your bra. Very cooling and refreshing.

@KitchenWarrior

This happened to me in my first pregnancy, lasted 3 horrible and memorable days and then all was fine again.

Savoy cabbage leaves are recommended for sore boobs when breastfeeding - you could try that - straight out of the fridge and into your bra. Very cooling and refreshing.

Cabbage tips from Kitchen Warrior... name checks out!

funny that some recommend cold...I found heat was the best when pregnant.

Update... hot flannels... a gift from god.

Thank you @FortunesFave

Yet to try the cabbage trick!

@OmicronPersei7

Update... hot flannels... a gift from god.

Thank you @FortunesFave

Yet to try the cabbage trick!

Oh good! Also helps with sore boobs when your period's due.

If the hot flannels are working I'd stick with them, sounds nicer than cabbage leaves down your bra tbh

Nice to spot a fellow redditor on here, I don't think there's much crossover usually!