Blocked milk duct

Re: Blocked milk duct

• carriesu2003 member

  October 2013

  You will know.  It won't hurt anymore and will soften.  Also, you will produce extra milk when it unclogs.  It literally will let out any of the milk that has backed up.  I always have to pump mine to get them unclogged.  Good luck.
  

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• bennikki member

  October 2013

  I get them a lot.  As PP said, you will know because it will stop hurting and become softer.  I do a lot of massage and warm compresses to work it out.  One time I had to really squeeze (think like a big zit) to work it out.

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• rockyrollgirl member

  October 2013

  I had to pump. Some liquid came out and it no longer hurt.

  

  

  
  

  
  

  

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• Chappy_jr member

  October 2013

  I had clogs three weeks in a row last month (I'd get them on a Tuesday and they'd last until Thursday, which was weird).  Pumping, massage, and some wet heat helped.  I'd either take a very hot bath and lay on my side watching Orange Is the New Black and then pump or I'd pump with a small heating pad near the clog.  Basically, I was hooked up to my pump as soon as DS went to bed and I'd pray for him to wake up in the MOTN so he would nurse fully and without distraction.  In fact, I think what has helped keep them at bay the last few weeks is that I always nurse him when he wakes up in the morning on the side that had the recurring clogs.

  
  

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