I broke my left boob AKA diagnose me MMM!

[lurknomore]

Last night I noticed my left boob was killing me.  Kind of sore like it was full and I needed to feed her.  Kind of clogged duct type sore.  I dream fed DD off that side before going to sleep and throughout the night but it still hurt this morning.  Went to the gym before work and immediately on the treadmill I couldn't even stand the pain from it bouncing while I was running.  I ran holding it in place for 5 minutes (yes, that made the pain stop, but I'm sure I looked like an ass and it's hard to run like that!) before I gave up on running.  Pumped when I got to work and it gave me prob 50% less than my normal output on that side.  And it's still killing me.  WTF have I done to it!?!!  No trauma that I recall.  Can't feel a duct.  Pain is all on the outside part, closest to my arm.  Anyone have something similar?

[ssmjlm]

Could still be a plugged duct. You can try dangle feeding and running a comb over it in the shower.

I took lecithin since I got them about every other day until about 6m.

[greycat]

Sounds like a clogged duct. Try hot compresses, massage, hot showers (try hand expressing while in the shower) and lots of BFing. Dangle feeding is supposed to help but I always had a hard time getting DS in a comfy position.

[speckledfrog]

Hot compress (as hot as you can stand) for 5-15 minutes before nursing. Feed first on that side until the clog clears.

[Deleted]

I could never feel when I got a clog other than extreme pain and it would always turn into mastitis for me within 12 hours of noticing the pain.

[VillainV]

Sounds like a plugged duct, and possibly mastitis. Dangle feeding works great to clear plugged ducts....you may need antibiotics if it's mastitis..

[lilac05]

I agree that it sounds like a clogged duct/mastitis. I had mastitis and got an abscess from it. The pain was awful! It was hot to the touch, red, and swollen. If I didn't know better, I would have thought someone had thrown a softball right at my chest. I didn't have the other typical signs of mastitis except for a VERY low grade fever (which I wouldn't have known except that the nurse made me take my temp when I called), but that's definitely what it was. Several different antibiotics and eventually surgery for the abscess finally made the pain go away.

Massage, dangle feed, heat before and cold after feeding, Motrin to help with the pain, and keep a very close eye on it. Call your doctor if it continues or at the first sign of anything else awry.

[milang]

Newborn diapers make the best hot compresses.