#lumpinbreast

Blocked milk ducts, why, how the hell did this happen? Not like I was sleeping in a weird position and I didn’t skip a feed (or did I?)…

I’ve had a couple of these unfortunate experiences and if unblocked early enough, you can avoid the dreaded mastitis and dragging your butt to the gp to get a script for antis…

So in the meantime it’s freakin hard painful annoying persistence and work!

As soon as you feel a lump in your boob, do everything you can to massage it out.. Press hard til it hurts and massage towards the nipple.. If there’s no pain there’s no gain

Observe your nipple, is there a white dot? This is your blockage.. Wash your hands well and scrub under your fingernails and pick it off- yup, pick scratch bite whatever you have to do to pierce it!

Heat- hot showers and heat packs, soften up that lump so it’s easier to massage/push out

Constant feeding/expressing.. Gosh this is tiring eh? If you can have bubs chin point towards the blockage- some fancy yoga moves on the bed may help with this one! When bubs is done feeding keep him/her on the boob, or if he/she has fed from the other boob (don’t forget about this one!) finish the feed on the blocked boob..

So after all those measures and many painful stressful hours… The moment you’re about to give up and are completely exhausted.. It will become unblocked.. It will!!

Once it becomes unblocked continue to overfeed from the boob to keep up milk supply.. Before you know it it will be a distant memory and you’ll be back to happy boob land!