Breast pain after weaning

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Avatar f tn last week i started weaning from breastfeeding and one morning , after not feeding for 12 hours, my 4 year old daughter ran up to me and hit me pretty hard on my left breast causing severe pain behind the nipple. Now i have achy pain behind the nipple all the time and everytime i hold my 13 weeks old it gets worse and lots more pain when the breast is pressed against . what could this be????? i am a 31 y/o female who has a history of graves, ra, and lupus.
Avatar f tn So my little Hannah has been getting breast milk, formula, jar food and of course the occasional sneaked table food. She has two full cut teeth and I am slowly weaning her from the breast. Down to feeding on just one breast now. But she doesn;t seem to want to. Do I let her decide or me?
280369 tn?1316702041 Did you have antibiotics prior to giving birth? You could have a yeast infection IN you milk ducts...I did and the breast pain was excrutiating! BUT it went undiagnosed for almost 2m because I didn't show any signs on my nipples... Your chills etc sound mastitis-ish though... Maybe a day of rest will help BUT if your breasts keep hurting, see a dr... read this and see if it seems like your symptoms...
1210716 tn?1297620883 Well she is a very big girl and gaining weight is far from an issue for her. She is 25 1/4 inches and almost 17 pounds. She is in the 90% for both height and weight. I pump only if she hasn't eaten for three or four hours, at which point I"ll typically get 4 oz. I do feed her purees before she breastfeeds, but that's because otherwise she will turn away from the breast, and if she is really hungry, scream until I do giver her solids.
Avatar n tn In the past month or so, my 4-and-a-half-months boy has really been struggling to nurse. After no more than 5 minutes at each breast, he begins to grunt so terribly that you'd think he's in terrible pain. He sometimes also stretches out completely (like a plank), or brings his knees in towards his tummy, perhaps because of cramps. In either case, he at that point drops the nipple and will just look at me, smiling.
Avatar m tn Yeah, either hand express (which I never got the hang of) or pump. I also know cold cabbage leaves directly on your breasts helps with the pain when weaning; I imagine it would help here as well. I would say keep the bra off unless you want to reduce your supply.
5149846 tn?1409405181 Just adding my two cents.. Im also with the, until 1 year crowd if you can. Obviously if you can't, you can't; but after a year I think it's appropriate to start weaning. Basing this off a degree in child psychology which is heavy in physiology and biology... but again, it's certainly your choice and what works best for you and your baby. :) Personally, I plan to feed breast milk in bottles by 12w because I will be back to work.
Avatar n tn What have others felt after weaning?
Avatar f tn I haven't had a baby yet, but I know that my mom had this happen for months after she stopped breast feeding my sister. She leaked at the most random times. So, I would say its totally normal and they will "dry up" on there own :) I am sure its really annoying at this point, though!
Avatar f tn Last summer I had a fibroadenoma and an excisional biopsy. In January, I felt another lump and had some pain, same breast. Had a mammo and a u/s and they confirmed it was scar tissue. I still get aches in that breast and occasionally feel the scar tissue lump. My breast surgeon left for another practice so I find myself a little lost. 1. When I saw another doc in the practice in January (and after my biopsy in July '07), I was told to have annual mammos and u/s from here on out.
Avatar f tn Not all babies will do both and some refuse a bottle and some refuse the breast after they have had a bottle. IF you need a bootle as well you get a slow flow nipple no matter of the age as it is harder to suck from the breast then the bottle and you want them to work and not be lazy and refuse the breast.
Avatar f tn This is understandable that you are nervous. I actually didn't get my period for a full year after I gave birth due to breast feeding. No birth control used! AND you have an IUD which often will cause this too. I got my period after I stopped nursing actually during the weaning process. Is your IUD hormonal? If so, this would be pretty typical. You can always check in with your doctor about this too.
Avatar n tn You really shouldnt be pumping. The nipple stimulation can bring on contractions. Also, I doubt youre engorged because your milk doesnt come in until after birth. Colostrum is normal but doesnt cause engorgement, its not enough. Were u breastfeeding ur toddler before this happened?
Avatar f tn Rumpled is right. You cannot attribute all the pain to the weaning off the HC. Some of the pain may be related to what led to the initial crisis. A good doctor will help you distinguish between the two.
1497011 tn?1288913258 As I examined my breast I noticed it was only sore off to the right side of the nipple so I checked to see if I had any discharge, and instead of a discharge, milk came out. I understand that breasts make milk long after weaning your kids from breastfeeding, but that has been a long time ago and there has not been any milk up until this period. WHAT is going on? Could it be hormonal or a symptom of the Mirena?
Avatar f tn Mastalgia or breast pain may be cyclical or non-cyclical. Cyclical mastalgia is usually the pain prior to each menstrual cycle that is due to hormonal imbalance. We are particularly interested with the second type which is non cyclical. It is usually unilateral and localised to a particular quadrant of the breast. There are numerous possible causes of non-cyclical mastalgia including: cysts; mastitis; stretching of Cooper’s ligaments; trauma; Mondor’s disease; and neoplastic processes.
1085681 tn?1280176627 I'm on my vacation (wedding anniversary) and I am having some severe breast pain. It's on one breast and only on one side, I thought it might be a plugged duct but it isnt warm or hot and it isn't red. I've had a plugged duct before and the spot was red and really hot. I don't know what it could be.
Avatar f tn My friend said that if I breast feed ill lose the weight I've gained a lot quicker is this true?
Avatar f tn I am in the process of weaning on hydrocortisone after 4 years of SAI and have made it down to 17.5mg per day but when I rescued to this 17.5 mg my breasts became sore. I've been on 17.5mg per day for 6 days now......feet are sore but I'm doing better than expected.
Avatar n tn I have had intermittent pain in my breast since the surgery. My incision is at the very bottom of my breast, which is where the cells were. Most of my pain is in the area around the nipple and the nipple itself. In general, the pain has been moderate, mostly very sensitive (in a bad way) to touch. In the last couple of days I have begun experiencing persistent and more severe pain from the incision site to the entire area around the nipple. Is this normal?
Avatar m tn to be honest i dont know if i actually get any pain relief....just relief from the constant nagging that such a drug exhibits after taking hold. So i decided to stop the meds. Since the 17th of November I have been weaning from my prescribed dose, 4 10mg Norcos a day, down to 1.5 pills a day. Every 3 days i take the dose down by 1/2 a pill and then maintain that for another 3 days.
410406 tn?1209480659 I strongly believe that if you keep active and try to exercise it realy helps you with the pain. Alot of these pain mngt doctors will prescribe anything you want especially if your on workmens comp like myself. These guys were giving me Morphine, Norco and Ambien all at the same time . I was in a car accident and was pinned in the car and allmost died. Luckily the paramedics were able to cut me out of the car and I broke my left elbow, wrist, femur and had my right foot crushed.
Avatar f tn That is a very low dose and only taking it now so the withdrawls r not so bad. Does not touch my pain!!! After my surgery I had to basically learn how to walk again and had very minimal use of my right leg. Above all just want whats best for my baby and I know how miserable withdrawls are and would never want my baby to have to experience them. Best of luck to you...