https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:52:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2707595 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:21:01 +0000 kitty 2707595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kept getting these blebs in one spot on my nipple, and I would have to have a hot shower then pick at the top layer of it with tweezers. Then I could express it a bit by hand to relieve the pain. Eventually that duct dried up I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2707584 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:23:24 +0000 meadow 2707584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a white spot on my right nipple.....was definitely a bleb. Nursing was sore but after about 24 hours of persisting DD popped it guzzler the backed up milk.</p> <p>Now, I also have a little white spot on my left nipple that has been there for months with no pain or symptoms. It would have turned into mastitis by now if something was really blocked I think. I don't know what it is......but just wanted to share that this is my normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2707482 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 14:13:13 +0000 MrsBrewer 2707482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CatchAFallingStar: @Pumpkin Pie: Agree sounds like a bleb! I had one, and it lasted a good week. What finally helped was a warm compress, along with a cotton ball with some apple cider vinegar on it that i kept in my bra when not nursing. I remember reading that somewhere, and after a day of doing that, it worked!! It burned a little bit, and I would often just keep the cotton ball on for 10-15 minutes, that I think that helped loosen the skin, and finally one time when DD was nursing, it popped. That was glorious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2707209 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 07:16:35 +0000 Shantuck 2707209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had nipple thrush that my LO never got. My thrush made my nipples bright pink but not painful so not exactly the same thing but it's definitely possible for your LO to not get oral thrush or thrush in the diaper area while you have it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2707190 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 00:59:49 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2707190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I had them and they usually lasted a week or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2707188 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 00:29:43 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2707188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CatchAFallingStar: I've had it for a fewhile days and still nursing, but it won't go away. Wouldn't a milk blis terrible go away if continued nursing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2707182 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 23:45:49 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2707182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like a bleb (milk blister). Don't pop it! Just treat it with a warm compress. Look it up on Kelly Mom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2706973 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:19:09 +0000 MrsKoala 2706973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumpkin Pie: Vasospasms are where the whole middle of the nipple goes white. It's pretty painful but usually the pain happens after you nurse (like a burning, throbbing pain). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2706942 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:39:15 +0000 DesertDreams88 2706942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>like some others sad, this was always the sign of a plugged duct for me. I scrubbed with a wet washcloth in the shower and massaged into it basically came loose... there was always a lot of milk backed up behind it! be ready to catch a few ounces, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2706914 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:04:19 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2706914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone know if it could be vasospasm? I looked it up online and looks like it could be out, bit don't know what that exactly means. Sent a message to my OB and still haven't heard back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2706531 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:33:51 +0000 maddyz 2706531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a milk blister/plugged duct and the part on my nipple was a white thing, but more like a white blackhead than a blister. I soaked my nipple in a cup of pretty hot salt water a few times and it finally softened up. It wasn't what I thought it would be like.</p> <p>When I have had thrush it was super painful to nurse and my nipples were red, but never white. Also LOs only symptom was diaper rash that would not clear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2706445 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 14:44:05 +0000 BakersWife 2706445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumpkin Pie: I think that your lo could have symptoms and you could be symptom free and vice versa, but I'm not sure. For me it looked like a white-ish spot but it wasn't a perfect circle. I had googled milk blister and thought it could be that, but when I saw the nurse practitioner she immediately said it was yeast. I would definitely give your ob a call and just describe your symptoms and see what they say. Sorry you're dealing with this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2706418 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 14:12:14 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2706418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: i tried to pop it with a needle, but there actually wasnt anything to pop.</p> <p>@BakersWife: can it still be thrush if my LO doesn't have it? What does it look like? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2706405 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 13:54:14 +0000 BakersWife 2706405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this and it was yeast/thrush. Can you call your ob and speak to a nurse? I needed an antibiotic prescribed to clear it up. Edited to add: my dd also had a diaper rash that wasn't clearing up so we both got treated. Both things cleared right up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2706382 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 13:12:04 +0000 Mamaof2 2706382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had luck softening it with a hot washcloth and then immediately let LO nurse - he would pop it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2706373 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 13:06:11 +0000 azjax 2706373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could be a plugged duct! I would work on that in the shower. Do you know how to hand express? When I got those, I would stand in the warm shower for a few minutes, then use a wide toothed comb to work at the plug from behind while I hand expressed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2706364 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 12:57:14 +0000 peaches1038 2706364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as @Mrs. Pickle: I always had to use a needle. Are you having any engorgement?</p> <p>Dangle nursing also helps a lot </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2706361 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 12:54:50 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2706361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I had a milk blister I had to pop it with a needle. 😬 Could it be thrush? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-spot-on-nipple#post-2706352 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 12:45:32 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2706352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have this white spot on one of my nipples. The spot is sensitive to the touch, and it hurts a bit when I nurse. I thought it was a milk blister, but that doesn't seem to be it because I've tried to scrub it off and its still there. </p> <p>It looks like the spot has gotten a little bigger over the last week or so. Anyone know what this could be? </p>