Sore below nipple - what could it be?

I have been BF DD2 for over 11 months now and the only pain I ever had was some grazing of the nipple when she was a newborn due to attachment - since then it has been going well.

Yesterday however, I noticed a pain in my right breast. It is in a really weird spot so i can't work out what it is and how to fix it :dunno: It is a sharp pain, just beneath my nipple - not the nipple itself. So if you squeeze just below your nipple, like pulling it up and feeling a bit deeper into the fleshy bit it's just there.

The nipple is fine, the rest of my breast is fine - it's just this small area. Can it be a duct there? Is that too close to the nipple? Could I have a blockage or could it be something else?

I've been trying to get her to feed from that side first to drain it fully in case it is blocked but I don't know what else to do. HELP!

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Anyone? :( It still hurts.

The only thing I can think of is nipple thrush??

How would I know if it was thrush? Would DD2 have it in her mouth as well?

It could be a blocked duct - in which case heat-feed baby-pump-hand express-cool should clear it pretty quickly (usually after one or two tries - but you really really need to get it empty).
Is it a bit where your bra presses??

DD would more than likely have it in her mouth as well if it were thrush. I got it with DS3 and the pain was like a sharp shooting pain in the boob, not ver nice at all.

Thrush is more pain in the nipple itself. Sounds like a blocked duct.
Try warm washer before/while feeding, then cool after. Don't forget the trusty cabbage leaves :D
Just offer as often as possible. You could try pointing her chin in that direction. I heard it once & when I was all blocked up it seemed to help.
Good luck. Hope it gets better really soon x

I had a similar problem a month or so ago - I basically ignored it and it went away (probably not advisable - it only hurt when i touched or brushed it accidentally, as if there was a little sore there (which there wasn't, at least not that i could see!). The only thing i could think of was that DD's teeth might have grazed it during a nighttime feed. Do you think that might be what's happened to you? Hope it goes away soon, whatever it is. Do you have a good GP you can go and see?

Thanks everyone! It actually feels a lot better today.

mgm - it feels sore when I touch it. I thought that maybe DD2 had sucked too hard with her teeth and bruised it internally?