engorged... all the way into your armpits?!

OZZY81807

anyone else experience this?  It's like golf balls are in both of my armpits on top of my already engorged/painful boobs!  Ugh.  Hopefully this goes away soon...

jay-tea

Right there with you.  Try ice packs - that is the only thing that has saved me.

magdalina.h

I use ice packs to get the golf balls to go away. I also massage that area when I'm nursing.

RumbleLina

magdalina.h:

I use ice packs to get the golf balls to go away. I also massage that area when I'm nursing.

I did this also whether I was pumping or nursing and it helps.

 

dee1369

AllysunC:

magdalina.h:

I use ice packs to get the golf balls to go away. I also massage that area when I'm nursing.

I did this also whether I was pumping or nursing and it helps.

 

Same. My LC suggested ice but I didn't need it after I started massaging.

Mrs.HMommy

AllysunC:

magdalina.h:

I use ice packs to get the golf balls to go away. I also massage that area when I'm nursing.

I did this also whether I was pumping or nursing and it helps.

 

This. And feed feed feed your baby. As often as you can. Hand express or pump for more relief but pumping sometimes can stimulate more production, thus not helping the golf balls lol. And YES I was engorged all the way to my armpits and it was terrible. Took a good week to settle down. 

veggiegirl528

I had huge lumps in both my armpits.  I massaged them & had DH massage them for a few days but they would only go down for an hour or two.  Then while DH was massaging 1 pit milk started coming out of my armpit & it freaked us both out!  I asked a LC about it & she said to ice it & leave it alone b/c massaging it will stimulate it to keep making more milk.  It took about a week and a half for them to go away, but it was only painful for about 5.  Ice can help out with pain in the meantime.

Pamela05

Yup. I second the ice pack. I have an extra breast tissue deposit under my right arm and it got awful when my milk came in. Now that I've regulated it's not bad.