Almost 9 years of BFing & now with #5 I am having issues WTF?

[Kmn]

Can you get to a physio? The ultrasound treatment they offer is excellent for unblocking the darn things.
Also, you can take ibuprofen or paracetamol while breastfeeding. Both will help with the pain a bit, and the ibuprofen may also help reduce the inflammation and unblock.....

[*Efjay*]

not a fan of ibuprofen & I have been taking panadol which takes the edge off.
I just hand expressed & pumped because I am getting letdowns but that breast isn't leaking at all :/ .
I only got 60 mls (with the pump I suck at hand expressing) & also got small amounts of yellowish stringy bits. Almost like snot LOL. YUK I hope that doesn't mean there is an infection after all & its just the blackage coming out. I hope I managed to loosen things off.

[Kmn]

I must admit that I thought that if things were red then there was likely to be an infection - I hope that you can beat it, but if you start to feel generally crap (in addition to my-boob-is-sore crap) then you need antibiotics.....