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wantabuninoven
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Pains in breasts from breastfeeding?
After a feeding a get a pain in my left breast that throbs from my back to my breast. I just was wondering if this was normal sometimes its really bad.
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wingsofsong
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Pains in breasts from breastfeeding?
Do you have any hard and/or red spots/lumps on your breast? If so, it could be a clogged duct or mastitis.
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| Posted 2/12/14 6:53 PM |
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wantabuninoven
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Re: Pains in breasts from breastfeeding?
No red spots. I can't tell about the lumps sometimes parts are hard.
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| Posted 2/12/14 7:21 PM |
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jax1023
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Pains in breasts from breastfeeding?
Could be a plugged duct, or it could be a sensation of refilling. Put a heating pad on your breast after nursing.
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| Posted 2/12/14 7:55 PM |
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wantabuninoven
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Re: Pains in breasts from breastfeeding?
It is usually after I feed that I have the pain
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| Posted 2/12/14 9:19 PM |
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iBCraZ131
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Re: Pains in breasts from breastfeeding?
How old is your dc? I got that in the very beginning from around 2wks old to about 4/6wks. It did eventually go away. Heating pads and ice packs helped.
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| Posted 2/12/14 9:20 PM |
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jax1023
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Pains in breasts from breastfeeding?
It could also be thrush, more likely if you had antibiotics, or vasospasm. I had the vasospasm thing, weird question, but do your nipples look white after your baby unlatches? That's a sign of vasospasm. It goes away with time, but putting a warm compress on immediately after baby comes off can help reduce the pain
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| Posted 2/12/14 9:26 PM |
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Re: Pains in breasts from breastfeeding?
Sounds like internal thrush. I had it for months. Message me if you have questions. My ob didn't know how to treat it. My LC told me what to have my ob prescribe
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| Posted 2/12/14 9:39 PM |
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wantabuninoven
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Re: Pains in breasts from breastfeeding?
Yes part of the nipple looks white after baby unlatches
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MandJZ
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Re: Pains in breasts from breastfeeding?
Posted by wantabuninoven
Yes part of the nipple looks white after baby unlatches
Vasospasm. I had/have it but the pain has decreased significantly. It's the nerves of the nipple being constricted and spasming, usually due to a shallow latch.
Massage the area that hurts, apply heat for the pain and work on making sure LO is latching nice and deep, with a big open mouth. It should get better with time.
These resources were helpful to me:
KELLYMOM
NBCI
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MrsYank
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Re: Pains in breasts from breastfeeding?
Sounds like vasospasms, white nipple means blanching. i had it also, it is awful.
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| Posted 2/13/14 1:47 PM |
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IVFmiracle
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Re: Pains in breasts from breastfeeding?
Yup. I had vasospasms and it was exactly as you described in the beginning. My LC said it was best to use a hot compress on the breast before and after a feeding to help blood flow to the nipple.It lasted until I was 6-8 weeks pp.
DD didn't always want to feed after using the heat and I ended up with plugged ducts as a result. So if your DC doesn't eat after using the heat be sure to pump to reduce chances of plugged ducts.
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