Sorry if this is TMI, but you all can deal with it! :)
I have a plugged duct from the stupid too-tight bra I've been wearing bc I can't find a nursing bra that fits, & it HURTS! ow ow ow ow.... suggestions to help are welcome... just pumping/nursing through it so far. warm showers. kinda helps, but still... OW!
update:
Boys are doing ok... keeping fingers crossed their tests keep going well, & trying to tie up lose ends at home. It's really hard to keep up with laundry & the other sundry details of life when I'm living at the hospital 24/7. I think we're back on top of things again tho... at least for a while. :P
I agree - ouch! Sadly I have no advice other than what you're already doing. But I have sympathy, if that's any consolation!
ReplyDeleteOk...I am not joking, but get a head of cabbage and put it in the fridge and pull leafs off and stick the cold leaves in your bra. My lac consult had me do this when I can a blocked duct and it helps them feel better.
ReplyDeleteI have heard the same thing that Amanda told you about. Have you checked out Target? They have some nursing bras that are a little bigger, and from what I have been told they are not bad as long as you NEVER put them in the dryer.
ReplyDeleteI totally KWYM about the house, mine was a wreak, and wreak isn't even the right word. It took me a full day and a half of not going to the NICU to feel like it was clean enough to bring C home to. It was a total nightmare! When you have your date, stay home and catch up ;0)
Plugges ducts are sooo painful. I found the best thing is to take a really long really hot shower massaging it the whole time and then to get out and pump immediately. I did this once for a bad one, brought the pump right in the bathroom and cleared up right away.
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