Clogged duct?

i'm breastfeeding and i think i have a clogged milkduct. what can i do about this? my left breast is painful to touch on the left side i pumped and have fed on this side. it is better but still hurts. i think it was caused by my son not eating very well yesterday because he is sick he has RSV. my breast got engorged and then i noticed the pain but we were at the hospital so i couldn't really do much.

Clogged duct?
Just try to express as much as you can whenever you can. You're not going to cause your baby to go hungry if you manually express - a hot shower and massage will help - just massage where it feels painful, hard and/or hot to the touch. You can prevent a mastitis this way.





I hope your little one feels better soon!
Reply:take a warm shower and breastfeed as often as possible. it will be painful but the best way to get it to unclog your milkduct is to keep nursing... eventually it will feel better.
Reply:Work on getting everything out of that breast as soon as you can. You do not want it to turn into a nasty infection. I have had 3 infections since my little boy was born 3 months ago and they are AWFUL!!





Get into the shower, and turn the water on as hot as you can stand it. Let it run over your breast, and begin working on the hard spot. Massage it pretty thoroughly, working downward towards the nipple. Usually if you squeeze that side you can feel a bump inside the nipple. Just express milk in the shower until the hardness subsides and until you can freely express without feeling any little nodules or knots. Even though it hurts, have your baby eat from that side at each feeding. Start on that side, and then switch the baby over to the other side after the baby empties the painful breast.





Also, if you have a clogged duct you should be able to see it. If you squeeze your nipple it will look like a whitehead/pimple. If you have something like that, try the shower first, and then try working the clog out when you are out of the shower. Sometimes a little pressure will clear it up. If you have a pump you can try that too, just remember not to overpump that breast because you don't want it to produce even more than it is producing now.





Ahhhhh, the joys of breastfeeding! I'm so sorry, and good luck in clearing it up!!
Reply:Take warm compresses and place on breast for at least 20 minutes. You can also boil a tea bag, let it cool a bit and then while its still warm, place it on the nipple for about 15 minutes. There is a natural healing agent in the tea that will help to clear this up. You also need to pump when hes not eating. Good Luck. From a nurse
Reply:When you feed him always feed first with the breast that's in pain, that way he'll suck harder. And at the same time massage that painful spot. If he doesn't suck long enough - pump. You need to get it unclogged. When i got mine clogged, i put warm compress and then nursed and pumped and because it was really painful my husband massaged while i was pumping. Next day it was all gone.
Reply:Feed him as much as possible and a hot compress on your breast should help
Reply:also to add to the hot compress make sure u drink plenty of water
Reply:Drink lots of water - do the shower thing and if you find your self in the hospital again (God forbid) make sure you ask for a pump if you can not feed - the nurses, especially in peds, should understand and be more then willing to help you out.



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