I EP, and it's been confusing lately. For one thing, I've had major pain in my right nipple, and can't tell any reason. It isn't all the time, and feels kind of like when I've had a clog before. But I can't feel any knots like I have with clogs in the past, and I'm not getting hard spots where milk is building up and not able to drain.

Just now I was pumping, and I usually just let it time out (30 minutes). Right side (the painful one, also usually my better producer) was still spraying, so I turned it back on assuming I was in the middle of a let down. It kept spraying for a long time, at least another 15-20 minutes before I just was over it. I messed with my nipple a bit after, and felt something give like a clog popping loose, and blood tinged milk came out. I used to have nipple piercings, so this was coming out of the hole in the side, so the blood definitely wasn't from a crack on the surface or something.

I'm thinking maybe it was a partial clog slowing the output but not stopping it, so that's why the long time to mostly empty (I know it's ever truly empty, but it does slow way down). ?? But where is the blood from, and is it something to worry about? Has anyone with piercings had issues pumping? I'm confused.