BF - lump under my arm?
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Topic: BF - lump under my arm?
Posted By: kiwisj
Subject: BF - lump under my arm?
Date Posted: 14 December 2008 at 2:09pm
So my milk has come in (yahoo!) and the same morning I have woken up with what feels like a lump under my arm. I *think* it's something to do with my rock hard boobies ... but just wanted some "expert" advice  Is it anything to worry about?!
Bit of backstory - DS is in NICU (born at 32 weeks) so I am feeding him 2 - 3x day in the NICU and expressing the rest of the time. ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
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Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 14 December 2008 at 2:27pm
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Sorry - can't help with the lump, my boobs never get that full or hard, even when my milk came in or DS sleeps through! Just wanted to say congrats on DS and hope you won't have too long in NICU. Also hope everything else is going as well as to be expected and that he comes home soon.
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Posted By: FionaO
Date Posted: 14 December 2008 at 2:42pm
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How are you feeling in yourself? Any temp or anything. A lump under the arm can be infection of some sort, but equally could be nothing at all, worth getting your midwife to have a little look. ------------- 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 14 December 2008 at 2:43pm
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Congrats on your wee man!
It's probably just a blocked duct, the easiest way to tell is to apply some heat to it, either a heat pack/wheat bag/hot water bottle or in a hot shower and then try to express it out. Sometimes lumps are easier to express out by hand than with a pump. If you can't get it out, have a word to your midwife to rule out anything else and ask her for advice on getting it out coz if it stays there you could end up with a breast infection. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 14 December 2008 at 5:01pm
Thanks 
Sadly I don't have a midwife - all maternity care is through an obstetrician here - but I told the NICU nurse about it today and she suggested the same things and to see Parentcraft (the lactation ppl at th hospital) tomorrow if it's still there. No temp or anything, I feel great (apart from being tired) so will just see how it goes today .. it's a bit smaller after feeding Callum at the hospital and not so sore. ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 15 December 2008 at 4:29pm
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i had the same thing when monkey was in ICU i agree with maya...........blocked duct.......wat was suggested to me from the ladies with the know is to massage................it hurt like a b'itch and its hard to do with them so full but after each feed etc and when they are deinflating massage them..........if it doesnt go away go to docs ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: solitairediamond
Date Posted: 16 December 2008 at 11:15am
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Hi,
When my milk came in I had a small lump under there and asked the lactation consultant about it. She said- completely normal and not to massage it to try to make it go away but to put a cold compress on it. Otherwise if you massage it u produce more milk in that area. She said some ladies come up with lumps the size of golf balls there when their milk comes in!! Anyways, just passing on what I was told ------------- [IMG]http://lb2f.lilypie.com/9p2jp12.png [IMG] |
Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 16 December 2008 at 12:42pm
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how on earth would you produce more milk from massage?!...........that is not possible.....you only produce more from feeding or expressing etc.........wat a strange person giving you this advice......very odd ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 16 December 2008 at 2:35pm
Well I went with the hot compress idea (I treated myself to these things called Breast Feeding Bliss - and OMG they're great  just hot/cold packs that are round with nipple holes lol).. and the lump has DEFINITELY come down, probably from the heat combined with the seeminly non-stop expressing I am doing
Thanks for the advice! ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 16 December 2008 at 4:22pm
I always thought massaging helped get rid of lumps....I massaged and my sore lumpy spots went away. But I have to say, when i massaged, I did get milk pissing out my nipples, so maybe what the LC said is true somewhat. ------------- |
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