Hey there, mamas! I'm making an appointment to see my OBGYN tomorrow, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask women who may have experienced what I'm experiencing first.
I developed mastitis a few months ago, not knowing that's what it was until the third day of fever/chills/breast pain. After I figured it out, I started massaging the affected breast, applying hot compresses, and having my DD nurse on that breast more often than the other. My fever broke, and the mastitis went away, but on the right outer side of my right breast (where it was the most swollen and most painful) there is a spot that is still painful, and when I massage it I can feel a weird little knot or something. It isn't really like a lump.. it almost feels like hardened milk ducts maybe? The thing I keep wondering about is if my DD could have done any damage to it. The reason being, she does this thing where she gets frustrated about any number of things and she'll roll over and over and over right up against me and most of the time she smashes her head into my breast in that exact same spot. She's done this for months, and obviously I try to prevent it as much as I can, but she's a year old and sometimes it happens so fast that there isn't anything I can do until she's already done it. I know I'm rambling, but have any of you experienced this? Do you know what the pain/firm area could be? Thanks in advance!
I developed mastitis a few months ago, not knowing that's what it was until the third day of fever/chills/breast pain. After I figured it out, I started massaging the affected breast, applying hot compresses, and having my DD nurse on that breast more often than the other. My fever broke, and the mastitis went away, but on the right outer side of my right breast (where it was the most swollen and most painful) there is a spot that is still painful, and when I massage it I can feel a weird little knot or something. It isn't really like a lump.. it almost feels like hardened milk ducts maybe? The thing I keep wondering about is if my DD could have done any damage to it. The reason being, she does this thing where she gets frustrated about any number of things and she'll roll over and over and over right up against me and most of the time she smashes her head into my breast in that exact same spot. She's done this for months, and obviously I try to prevent it as much as I can, but she's a year old and sometimes it happens so fast that there isn't anything I can do until she's already done it. I know I'm rambling, but have any of you experienced this? Do you know what the pain/firm area could be? Thanks in advance!
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