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26th February 2021
09:28am GMT
"Day 3 and my milk has come in..... I’ve been diagnosed with acute engorgement. This means I have too much milk and the baby isn’t big or strong enough to drain it and get it out. It’s painful. The boobs are rock hard. I’m trying massage while feeding, it hurts so much like a deep tissue massage and not much is helping. Hot showers/massage/hand expressing and poor baby is really over it with the exhausting hard work she needs to do to get the milk out of all those swollen blocked ducts. I’ve been told it should settle. Let’s hope I don’t end up in a and e with it before that! This is some next level pain! Mum life is REALLLLLLL."
Breast engorgement is when your breasts get too full of milk which can leave them feeling hard and painful.
It can also lead to breastfeeding problems if not treated.
Breast engorgement can also happen when you decided to wean your child off breastmilk too.
There are different ways that you can relieve the pressure and pain, like using cabbage leaves, but the best thing to do is contact your midwife or lactation consultant.Explore more on these topics:
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