breast pain -- help!

[josephine_e]

hi everyone! new poster here (i've been floating around the UC and GD boards, but now that ds is 2wks old and we've been to our first LLL meeting, i suppose it's time to join on board here, too).

i asked the lactation consultant about this, but she had no clue. the whole time i was nursing dd i would often get this stabbing pain in my right breast. actually, it's like a mix between stabbing pain and dull ache. over the past several days it's started up again. it's only in the right breast and i can't find any cause or solution for it. with dd i tried cold copresses, warm compresses, pumping, laying on different sides, nursing from just that side, nursing from just the other side ... nothing worked. it does get worse when i lay on my right side (put any pressure on it). there aren't any lumps/clogged ducts; in fact, i can't find any ouside evidence at all. it's worse at night. sometimes it really seems unbearable and wakes me up and i just want to cry. have you ever heard of anything like this?! it never affected my nursing with lyla, but it sure would be nice to not have to deal with this for the next couple of years!

[Love my 2]

I know someone who had similar pain and they never found anything wrong. She was told that she is just more sensitive to feeling her milk glands fill up. I do hope you can find relief. I'll keep looking to see if there is any more info on it

[mccelticmom]

I had this with my last son. Bottom line...I think it's just painful let down. My let down's hurt so bad that I wanted to stop for the first 8 months...shooting pains, etc. As long as you are not clogging or feeling any lumps, that what I would think it is. Good luck to you! BTW, mine did get better, hope you do.

[annettemarie]

You may want to look into Raynaud's Syndrome:
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/...blanching.html

Does the nipple blanch (turn white) or is it sort of "lipstick-shaped" after the baby nurses?

Another possibility, as mentioned above, is a very strong letdown. Although in my experience that manifests more as a "cramping" of the breast than a shooting pain in the nipple.

Good luck!

[josephine_e]

Another possibility, as mentioned above, is a very strong letdown. Although in my experience that manifests more as a "cramping" of the breast than a shooting pain in the nipple.

the pain isn't in my nipple at all. it feels like it's deep in the tissue of my breast.