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Anyone had clogged milk ducts in armpits? :(

chillycoochillycoo
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PLEASE tell me what did you do to remedy this! I looked thru my books and went online and didn't get much info other than it might happen to you.

I have two little lumps on my left armpit and it hurts when i press on it and a  little uncomfortable when i put my arm down :( and a much smaller one on my right armpit.

yuck yuck yuck. I seriously just started to cry when I told DH. I'm just exhausted and hate that DH doesn't have to go thru any of this.

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Re: Anyone had clogged milk ducts in armpits? :(

  • mcunninghammcunningham

    clogged ducts were the worst, esp in the armpits. seriously, i feel like i would get them every week or every other week. they were hell on earth.

    most times i would try and let him feed off the side with the clogged duct first, and that would sometimes help. i also did a lot of really hot showers and would try and massage it out. and this is kinda gross, but at night, i would get a super hot bowl of water, and while hubby and i were watching tv, i would put my boob over the bucket and try and massage it out (someone said to try this and it helped - something with the hot steam, or something like that).

    good luck - while i loved breastfeeding, the mastitis and clogged ducts i sure dont miss!

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    Armpit ones are mostly about the fit of your bra.  If it's too tight, too fitted (especially the ones with padded, molded cups), or has underwires, armpit ones occur more commonly.

    Put a warm compress on it before you nurse and nurse with baby's chin on the side with the blockage.  This is most easily done by "dangle nursing" (babe on his back, you on all 4s over him) and also uses gravity to get it out.

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  • chillycoochillycoo
    imagemcunningham:

    clogged ducts were the worst, esp in the armpits. seriously, i feel like i would get them every week or every other week. they were hell on earth.

    most times i would try and let him feed off the side with the clogged duct first, and that would sometimes help. i also did a lot of really hot showers and would try and massage it out. and this is kinda gross, but at night, i would get a super hot bowl of water, and while hubby and i were watching tv, i would put my boob over the bucket and try and massage it out (someone said to try this and it helped - something with the hot steam, or something like that).

    good luck - while i loved breastfeeding, the mastitis and clogged ducts i sure dont miss!

    Dude, I will try ANYTHING! So while you shower or while u put ur boob over the bowl of hot water, how do you massage the lump out (this is for the lump in the armpit)?  do you press/massage it out in the direction towards the boob? 

    I have clogged milk ducts in my breasts too and they're usually below the nipple area (area closest to my belly) and I just press/massage it up towards the nipple while i nurse baby. With the armpit lump, i am not sure which direction i should massage it out.

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  • chillycoochillycoo
    imageCelyn:

    Armpit ones are mostly about the fit of your bra.  If it's too tight, too fitted (especially the ones with padded, molded cups), or has underwires, armpit ones occur more commonly.

    Put a warm compress on it before you nurse and nurse with baby's chin on the side with the blockage.  This is most easily done by "dangle nursing" (babe on his back, you on all 4s over him) and also uses gravity to get it out.

    Uhhh... Okay how do you do this? so the lumps that bother me the most is on the left side. Do i hold baby like the football hold (so that her chin is on the side where it is)?? The dangle and being on all 4s part confused me. Do you mean i have baby lay on its back on the bed and i go on all 4s over her?

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  • mcunninghammcunningham
    i would kind of just do it in a circular motion with a little bit of pressure. ouch! just thinking of those clogged ducts makes me wince in pain!
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    Yes, baby on the bed and you over her, angled however gets you positioned with her chin on the blocked side. 

    With any blockage, you want to massage toward the nipple.

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