https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:26:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2175345 Tue, 12 May 2015 09:46:36 +0000 Ree723 2175345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: @regberadaisy: I took lecithin with both of my girls as it is a fat emulsifier and makes your milk a bit thinner, thereby making it easier to flow through the ducts. I took it as granules where I just added a teaspoon to my cereal every morning. It won't clear up an existing clog, and you won't notice a difference in your milk, you will just notice that you no longer get plugged ducts.</p> <p>I started taking it when I was 4 months PP with DD1 and had just had almost a month of nonstop plugs, and with DD2, I started taking it from the day she was born. The only time I ever got a plugged duct after starting lecithin was when we went on holiday for three weeks and I forgot to take it with me. Other than that it worked brilliantly! Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2175331 Tue, 12 May 2015 09:41:44 +0000 SweetiePie 2175331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: So lecithin is a natural "thinning agent". So supposedly it makes the milk a little less viscous (without altering the benefits of your milk) and less likely to clog. My lactation consultant recommended it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2175290 Tue, 12 May 2015 09:16:12 +0000 twodoghouse 2175290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Yep. I got them off Amazon. They are huge gel capsules. Unfortunately I haven't noticed any difference after a week, but hopefully it starts helping! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2175278 Tue, 12 May 2015 09:04:45 +0000 regberadaisy 2175278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: that makes a lot of sense! I think she's cutting a teeth too because when she bites down it hurts!<br /> Is it just a pill? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2175270 Tue, 12 May 2015 09:00:19 +0000 twodoghouse 2175270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I'm struggling with another one too. Last week I had one as well. I guess the combination of my LOs sleeping better, plus teething (weird latch) is just too much for my boobs! I don't really know what Lethicin does, but I started taking it last week in the hope that it will somehow help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2175263 Tue, 12 May 2015 08:57:02 +0000 regberadaisy 2175263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lady grey: @MrsLonghorn: @SweetiePie: @MrsBooks: so I just had the same problem and poked a teeny white bubble with a needle. Put LO to the boob a few times and she cleared it. Thank god!<br /> Anyway, I'm googling what lecithin is and I'm curious why this helps? Can you ladies explain? Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2155675 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:25:06 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2155675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hooray!! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2155671 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:24:10 +0000 twodoghouse 2155671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: Back to normal today! It probably helps that my LOs were up 5 times nursing last night. :shocked: So I'm exhausted but at least my boob feels better, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2155646 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:10:04 +0000 snowjewelz 2155646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ahh this is so scary!</p> <p>I was gonna say knead it like dough lol... It hurts so much but doing it over a few pumping or nursing sessions helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2155638 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:05:31 +0000 MrsLonghorn 2155638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy @sleepymonkey: THIS! I have one "bad" pore that the skin always grows over, or that gets clogged super easily if I skip a lecithin pill. A quick poke with a needle to pry out the milk clot and break the skin clears it right up, and the milk just flows everywhere. </p> <p>I make it a point to watch that pore every single time I pump. If I don't see milk coming out at the regular pace/intensity, I per-emptively use the pin to prevent a big blockage an hour later.</p> <p>Upside: a reliable solution to the problem.<br /> Downside: regularly poking my nipple with a pin. And DH just doesn't get why I find this so painful/frustrating.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2155609 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:48:48 +0000 lady grey 2155609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with others that massage, heat and taking licithin with help. Also make sure you aren't wearing underwire bras and avoid sleeping in positions that will put pressure on your breasts </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2155600 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:45:31 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2155600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: how does it feel now? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2155037 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:38:40 +0000 twodoghouse 2155037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: @regberadaisy: Ok, so upon closer inspection, it was whitish. So I poked it with the needle! I just sort of poked a little hole and a tiny bit of milk oozed out and it sort of deflated. The. I pumped, but I didn't get much. I have low supply though, so maybe that's all it was. It's hard to tell if the boob feels better because I've been assaulting it all day, massaging while nursing, etc. Hopefully this does the trick! Thanks ladies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2155024 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:26:48 +0000 regberadaisy 2155024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: mine looks like a tiny white bubble. After I poked at it a little milk immediately came out. Hope you find your cure! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2155023 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:26:45 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2155023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: i think milk blisters are different. My blebs were always white and very small. I never really had to pick deeply with the needle and it didn't really hurt to pick at it either. I wouldn't go crazy picking at it if it isnt working. I noticed if i was pumping or manually expressing, there was an area where milk wasnt flowing that it normally would. That was a sign to me that there was a bleb and not just a clogged duct.</p> <p>Eta: keep us posted! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2155008 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:19:54 +0000 twodoghouse 2155008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: @SleepyMonkey: I'm having the same problem! Every time my LOs get another tooth their latches go crazy and I ended up with one rock hard boob (always the right, which is the "bad" side that they don't like nursing from). They're in bed now, but I was planning on taking another shower to work on it. Maybe I'll try out the needle thing. There's definitely a little spot on my nipple, but it's not white? Just sort of raised up. I've read about blebs and clogged pores and milk blisters and I'm not really sure if they are different? But I've been working on this alllll day and nothing is getting it unclogged, so I wonder if the needle will do the trick! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2155000 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:16:08 +0000 regberadaisy 2155000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: ahhh sweet relief. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154993 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:13:37 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2154993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: YESSS! Such a relief!! So glad it worked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154988 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:12:41 +0000 BandDmommy 2154988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: did it work? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154985 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:12:16 +0000 regberadaisy 2154985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: omg I love you. It's flowing out!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154977 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:09:51 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2154977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: did milk come out?? I massaged the lump towards the nipple and tons of milk came out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154969 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:07:22 +0000 MrsBooks 2154969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dealt with these too often with my second. I stocked up in Thermacare heating pads meant for lower backs. Then I stuck those under my nursing tanks and clothes so hey were constantly on my clogged ducts. You can pump around them and also sleep with them on. After a few hours, the duct would usually work itself out when I pumped or nursed. I never had much luck with showers or dangling but soy lecithin seemed to help along with the Thermacare pads. I hope you get some relief soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154968 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:07:11 +0000 regberadaisy 2154968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: omg there totally is! I just sterilized a needle and poked it. Here's hoping it works!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154962 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:03:54 +0000 macintosh 2154962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: because I'm the unluckiest person this week, lol! I'm glad you're not infected. Oh, the things I have to look forward to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154892 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:35:10 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2154892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you have a Sonicare, try "brushing" it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154866 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:25:46 +0000 mfa_lady 2154866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dangle feeding and heat/massage really helped me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154859 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:21:21 +0000 littleveesmommy 2154859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Try putting a cottonball soaked in olive oil in your nipple for 15 minutes and then try, with your nails, to scrap lightly at the surface. I get those a lot and most of the time it's a dried flake of milk stuck at the surface clogging a duct. If that does work try massaging the clogged section. If it is a surface clog, the offending duct will protrude when you massage and just keep scraping at that one duct. Sometime I have to use a sterilized needle to scrape away some surface skin before the clog is removed. Sorry I know it sounds painful but the relief is worth it. Hope you get it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154844 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:13:50 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2154844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Make sure you don't have a bleb! I had a plugged duct a few days ago and i was massaging so hard and using hot compresses and it wasn't working. Finally i inspected my nipple closely and there was a white spot which I picked at with a needle and the milk came out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154842 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:11:49 +0000 MrsF 2154842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I fill an old sock with rice and heat in the microwave. Hold it on the spot for 10 minutes and then try to hold it there (easier said than done) or massage while nursing. If you can pump after nursing it might be easier to massage that way if you have a hands free bra? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plugged-duct-please-help#post-2154825 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:58:44 +0000 Truth Bombs 2154825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: mine were always up near my armpit so I could have the flange on and the use the heating pad to push on the upper part of my breast towards my nipple. It might be tougher with your location. I also have really big boobs so there's lots of space :meh: </p>