JL it could be a blocked Montgomery gland. Google it or search bb or aba for info. I had one and it was so painful!
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JL it could be a blocked Montgomery gland. Google it or search bb or aba for info. I had one and it was so painful!
Hth
Arcadia - Ta for the tip - I might call the ABA today. It's definitely not a Montgomery's follicle though as it's on the tip of the nipple, not the areola. The pain is so bad I am considering stopping feeding, but I'd hate for that to be the reason I wean. DS is VERY attached to his two feeds a day, with lots of stroking, comfort sucking and grizzles/pulling at my top when I do take him off. This is only a recent thing, before that he barely seemed interested and we dropped from 5 feeds to 2 since the New Year. I might post and ask Barb what she thinks...
Yeah we were - but that hourly feeding could have been a symptom of her silent reflux - which she is now medicated for. So I dunno, its all very confusing for me.:
I have an achy right boob - does this mean mastitis is coming? I cant feel any lumps in particular but it seems to be a bit harder all over - even when she drained that side? :dunno:
argh this boob stuff is confuzzling to me...
maybe try 2 sides. But work on that achy boob, might be a bad sign (could be several things though, so might be worth following up with LC or someone)
Might be the start of a blocked duct. I have never been able to feel the lump until a bit of the swellling and hardness goes away and then lumps galore ;) Hot shower and boobie massaging is worth a try. As for boob stuff being confusing. Im still confused 19 months later! :lol::
I was texting a friend and she said it could be because I'm pretty sure ive just ovulated? She said she had an achy boob that got a bit bigger when she got af, and mine looks bigger - and she said it can happen with ovulation as well?
If I get af in two weeks - that's ripped off dude. I got it by 8 weeks with the other 3 but I was ffing - tis not fair!!
ripped off!
The achy boob could also just be engorgement...I get mixed up about which boob I should feed from and sometimes do the same one a few times in a row (especially at night) and then a few days later I am all lopsided with one huge hard boob.
Yes breastfeeding is such guess work...I still don't know what I'm doing some days and I've been feeding for 2.5 yrs. My sil always said your baby has a relationship to your boobs that doesn't involve you (meaning your brain)... So I just always offer. Its hard because some babies will make themselves sick with milk, while others just refuse if they're not hungry...
Eventually they learn the art of sucking without drawing so much milk...
yeah, i think it does generally work better if you switch your brain off. i find that very hard though being an overthinker
Got AF.
Completely ripped off I say!!! *stamps feet*
Oh, ripped off all right!
That could explain any fussiness too though bc apparently it can change the taste.
i got a BFP and i think my milk supply is going down. I don't want bub to wean. She doesn't eat enough solids to sustain herself, let alone all the other benefits. If she keeps feeding will i keep making milk?
I've been feeding bub still, and i'm 13weeks pregnant. I think it has slowed somewhat, but he can still squirt it out if he squeezes my boob the right way, and he is satisfied when he has finished feeding. I'm hoping to continue feeding for as long as he wants. Congrats on the BFP too!:
I got AF back at 7weeks and exclusively breastfed til 6months before introducing solids. I felt majorly ripped off!! I also got a massive lump in my left boob about a week before AF would arrive - big enough you could see it and it was VERY painful...:
Well I'm finding breastfeeding in winter interesting. I feel like I am going to smother her in the bunches of all my clothes. Not to mention actually getting to my boob under all the layers. I don't seem to have one practical item of winter clothing. Oh and freezing cold nose and mouth first thing in the morning isn't fun either.
Ripped off about the period Arimeh that really sucks.
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oo congrats hoti! it certainly can affect supply. Your milk should continue so long as she feeds, but to what extent I don't know (I think it varies from woman to woman :dunno:)
Far out that's unfair A
I hate cold nose in the morning!
Kate, congrats on the BFP! My milk dropped dramatically at 16 weeks. DD continued to feed, but was more than willing to roll over and go to sleep without a boob because there really wasn't much there. I started getting loads of colostrum towards the end (I could tell from DD's poos) and DD didn't seem to notice the change. I also noticed DD's food intake increased heaps when my milk went down. Don't stress...your DD won't starve herself!
Having fed through pregnancy, I can say I am happy I perservered, although I am having doubts about this tandem feeding business. Its hard when you're trying to feed a newborn and a toddler is screaming for boobie! I can't/won't have them on at the same time, so DD has to wait. She 's only feeding 2x a day, but occasionally DS needs to feed when she really needs it to go to sleep. Needless to say, they are my most stressful times.
I don't want to scare you off tandem feeding, because I wouldn't change a thing!
that sucks Mel with the AF (oh and congrats for feeding your DD4 so long keep going)
I don't post in here often but do read so I keep up with what's happening but...
Someone tell me that the 3hrly feeds overnight for my 22mth old DS will end soon. :pray::pray::pray::pray:
He's just started up again (!:wall:) feeding 3hrly overnight - I thought we were getting close to the actually sleeping through (ie only waking 1-2 o'night); he's also started in the past week or so to feed on both sides - he hasn't done that since about 4mths old (occasionally but not this regularly). I've ended up falling asleep in the glider again and it's not being nice to my lower back doing that. The lack of sleep is just about killing me as I'm working basically full time in the classroom and lack of sleep generally means a very grumpy teacher. DS won't let DH get up to him in the middle of the night either :( unless he wants to be awake for a while. I'm yet to see evidence that it's a growth spurt either - doesn't seem much heavier than usual or taller yet.