full boobs

[keli]

For the past wk or so my boobs feel full all the time even after he's fed!.. its like he's not having it all IYKWIM.. so next feed i feel like i need to pop him back on the same boob, but the other will be feeling full too i keep thinking i should be getting the expresser out to save a supply for weaning but i really can't be bothered. I'm worried that as it feels like he's not draining the boob i might get mastitus, could this be possible? and why after so long BF and my supply being totally established are my boobs feeling like this?..Cooper is fine no green poo or anything so he must be getting hind milk.

 

[Squiglet]

I started the mini pill and it really increased my milk supply... has there been anything you've done different or taken? Have you been eating more, drinking more, eating anything with oats in it?

 

[BabyMagic]

Are they sore? Have you got any other symptoms? Hope it's not a start of mastitis

I had a mild form of mastitis earlier and my boobs felt as if they were engorged again (like when the milk came in). Also it hurt to lie on my tummy, and I developed a headache. I expressed milk for three days and my boobs got back to normal.

 

[keli]

I do have my porridge every morning but have been having that for about a month now. It just seems to be all of a sudden. They are just always full. They don't hurt or anything keep trying to get Cooper to eat more but he's having none of it!

 

[trixipaws]

if he's gaining weight, making wet and dirty nappies he's obviously getting enough; u might just have an abundant milk supply like i did. engorgement is horrible. LO suckling gets the flow started, so i would let her feed 5 minutes off one side, then 5 off the other, then i could hand-express some into a cup to relieve the pressure.

to hand-express- imagine a tube of toothpaste that u wanna squeeze from the bottom. put ur thumb abpve ur nipple, and ur fingers on the crease below ur boob, and as u squeeze together do it from the deepest part (as close to ribcage as poss) and squeeze pushing up forwards towards the nipple just like u would with the toothpaste!

dont over-do it or ur boobs will just make more milk. but i found 25ml each side relieved my discomfort. x