Why only the left breast get soreness/pain now n again? Inflation/Mastitis???
(mike’s wife writing below…)
Im breastfeeding my 11 week old,but my left boob seems to get more pain than the right one.
After the first 2 weeks of birth, my baby and I started to know more about breastfeed,and now she seems to know how to latch on my breasts (at least when I fed her on the right, she definitely latch on very well!). However, I seem to have soreness and pain on the left now and again due to she suck it wrong somehow.Sometimes it crack a little bit as well.After each feed,my left breast (not the nipple) have pain which last a min or so, stop then start again after few mins.this whole thing could last about 5-10 mins.It’s real pain!My right one doesn’t have this at all.Does any one know what it is?my sis in law thinks it could be inflation,but the pain go away after 1 week,then it comes again if she suck it wrong.Why it only happened to my left breast?I think sth to do with the position,but myself can’t tell the difference??
Do i need to see my GP?
Try chaning positions. I have found that my left side seems much more prone to getting plugged ducts than my right side. ( use Lansinoh for the cracking). Hot showers right before nursing can help relieve some of the pressure from a plug and help to loosen it so that when baby nurses it will draw it the rest of the way out.
You could always give your doctor a call. But the things I would watch for would be fever (in you), redness and pain that persists, feeling sick or having flu-like symptoms (these things indicate a breast infection).
You can take tylonal for the pain as long as you have nothing to contraindicate that of course!
Check out kellymom.com or the breasteeding message board at Ivillage – those ladies are phenominal, especialy the lactation consutant!
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