Can someone look at my nipple please? (Breastfeeding related)

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It’s been hurting a lot for about 2 weeks especially when my baby latches. I noticed a pimple there that’s really tender and it’s got a bit of yellow there. I can’t squeeze any pus out or anything. Now it is throbbing and I can’t concentrate! The pain is only in my nipple. What is it please?

Milk bleb love. Info here: kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mother/nipplebleb/

Could be a milk pleb. I think the milk duct blocks and this is on the surface

I would try hand expressing

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I went to the doctors once with one and she had no clue. It was only post doctors googling and Mumsnet that sorted me.

I knew I could rely on mumsnet! Thank you! Do I need antibiotics?

Hi, using a warm flannel and then sort of hand expressing the nipples should clear it. If there's any gunk there it might be bloody or pus stained - it is safe for your baby to feed and as long as there's not big amounts of fresh blood - in which case contact GP - it's likely to pass quickly. Start the next few feeds on the affected side and seek GP support if you start to feel unwell in yourself - flu-ey or high temp. Good luck!

Bless you, milk blebs are awful but the relief is amazing when they finally burst. You can try to hand express and force the milk out of it, if that doesn’t work then a hot flannel and as a very last resort, if you can bear it, use a sterilised needle to pop it (I know I know it’s grim). If it can be burst with pressure (not all of them do) another thing that always shifts any blocked milk for me is to fill a haaka pump with 1 tablespoon epsom salt diluted in warm water and attach it to the boob for 15 min. Then rinse boob off and dangle feed baby. Repeat process again if needed.

Currently doing a night feed myself! Good luck OP

Forgot to say sorry no antibiotics usually needed unless it develops a blocked milk duct behind it and leads to mastitis. But do be careful your hands are clean when expressing and obviously if using a needle that needs to be sterilised (can use boiling water) and you might want to talk to pharmacist / GP about an antibiotic in that case

it's a milk bleb. I've had them twice and they are excruciating, it felt like my nipple was being stabbed with needles every time she fed. I tried everything they recommend, hot flannel, hand expressing, olive oil etc. I even tried to pierce it with a clean needle. Do NOT do that, it only made it worse. The only thing that worked for me was expressing off that side and feeding off the other only for 2 days, and it gradually got less bad so I could let her feed, then it went away over about a week. You have my massive sympathy, it is so sore.

I would see your GP as the pain you describe suggests you may need antibiotics and so may your baby. Because this is feeding related it's very important and urgent with the GP. Good luck.

Hot bath, get that boob nicely immersed, then hand express under the water.

Thank you for all your replies! I did massage it under a hot shower. It didn’t burst. I got some tweezers and tried to tweeze away some dry skin over the pimple but couldn’t express milk from it. For some reason though it hurts a lot less when I feed my baby after a hot shower.