Blocked duct, help 😫

FTM here currently EBF my four week old girl and I think I've got a blocked duct in my left boob - an area of it is rock hard and lumpy and really sore to touch. Any tips on how to soothe/get rid of it? Have tried a warm shower, gentle massage and getting baby to feed from the boob but so far nothing is helping. No idea how I'm going to be able to sleep with the pain 😓

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https://www.formodernmothers.com/blog/new-mastitis-protocol

I had this issue a few weeks ago. Cold
Compresses were my savior. I also used this: https://www.wishgardenherbs.com/products/happy-ducts-lactation-support

I took a warm bath with epsom salt and massaged in the bath, breastfed my baby than pumped and that got it unblocked

They changed protocol on this recently! Old recommendations actually make it worse bc it isn’t a block of milk but an inflammation of the milk ducts. So cold compresses, nurse as normal not increased, sunflower lecithin supplement, no heat of massage, as much sleep as you can get, drink lots of water!

Keep doing what you're doing. It'll Hurt for a couple of days. Same happened to me. Keep massaging. I let baby feed from that side them pumped after feed too x

Have you tried dangle feeding to get the clog to move? I had to lay my baby down and get on all fours to move it along. It took a few feeds but I could feel it getting lower and lower the gone. I also did a castor oil pack after feeds

Sounds like mastitis, I had this and had to get anti biotics, definitely go to doctor!

did yours clear up with just antibiotics? I'm on day 2 of them and it seems to be getting worse x

@Emilie mine cleared up after all of them, the lump stayed a bit longer, doctor said the lump can just take a while to go down which it did

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