https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 01:06:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2089030 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:19:14 +0000 MrsF 2089030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: :happy: Hope it resolves soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088989 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:44:59 +0000 winniebee 2088989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsF: haha I know I remember! I guess this feels so much like a swollen lymph nose (which I've had but not while bf) that I keep second guessing myself. I can feel a pencil head sized lump very deep in my armpit in the center so I guess there is a lump! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088769 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:09:34 +0000 MapleMoose 2088769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I had a plugged duct with no lump a few weeks ago. It felt sore almost bruised. I used a microwavable heat pad, the kind filled with beads, several times a day along with massage to unplug it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088758 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:05:01 +0000 MrsF 2088758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I posted this same question (very tender bruised feeling, no lump) on our Dec mamas thread. Everyone (you included :wink: ) told me it was probably a plugged duct, and I think it was!</p> <p>I put rice in an old sock and stuck it in the microwave and put it on the tender spot before and during feeding or pumping and massaged as well. I fed or pumped as frequently as possible (because you've got so much free time on your hands, right?). There wasn't one moment where it resolved, but it just sort of got better over 2 or three days. The bruised feeling hung around for a little while but it was much better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088677 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:10:08 +0000 winniebee 2088677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! And consensus is to pump that side after nursing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088583 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:17:31 +0000 Foodnerd81 2088583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: hot water in a diaper holds the heat way better than a washcloth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088557 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:04:50 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2088557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: i applied it constantly. The warm washcloth only holds heat for a few minutes so it got annoying to heat up a million times. So i used a sock filled with rice which i microwaved and that holds heat a lot longer. Alternatively you can buy those thermacare heating strips at the drugstore and those stay hot for 8 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088556 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:04:44 +0000 shellio 2088556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Hot wash cloths help a little bit but they cool so fast. What I always did was take a hot shower before feeding or pumping, and massage in the stream of hot water where the lump is. Even if you can't feel the lump this should help. Feeding baby was always much more effective than pumping - I attribute many of my plugged ducts to pumping when LO couldn't nurse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088551 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:02:00 +0000 winniebee 2088551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How often should I do warm compress? I don't have a heating pad but can apply a hot wash cloth? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088530 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:46:18 +0000 shellio 2088530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely. I had lots of plugged ducts and sometimes felt a lump, sometimes not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088525 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:43:37 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2088525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this last week. I couldn't feel a lump but it felt tender to the touch and bruised. Dr said maybe it was very deep so i couldn't feel it from the outside. I did massage and warm compress and it went away after 24 hrs. Still some residual bruised feeling for a day or two. I used a sock filled with rice for the compress. Easy to do and holds heat for a good while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088452 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:49:06 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2088452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you try applying heat too? I also had plugged ducts with no lumps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088451 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:48:46 +0000 thismustbetheplace 2088451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually can't feel lumps when I get a clogged duct. Just a super swollen/hard area.</p> <p>Moist heat works well to help get rid of clogged ducts if that's indeed what you have. I use a warm washcloth in my nursing bra (yes it will get wet) and then tie a heating pad around that side of my breast/underarm. Keep it on for 20 mins or so and take it off right before you nurse on that side.. works like a charm for me!</p> <p>edit- if you don't have a heating pad that ties you can use a bella band and pull it up like a tube top. Keeps everything in place :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088256 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:21:16 +0000 Mamaof2 2088256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes - I had plugged ducts with no lump!</p> <p>Hope it goes away quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-but-no-lump#post-2088216 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:02:44 +0000 winniebee 2088216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R eats only one side at a time and last night did a 7 hour stretch (!!!) I was engorged on both sides at different times but now I feel deep bruising in one armpit. I just fed him and then pumped that side while massaging the bruised area. There's no lump though. Could it still be a plugged duct? My toddler has a cold and I suppose it could just he a lymph node from fighting whatever he has? </p>