Pain in the lower part of the breast during lactation?

Many breastfeeding women have experienced breast pain. Most of them experience pain at the base of the breast during breastfeeding. If there is no lump, it is either due to blocked milk ducts or mastitis. If the milk ducts are blocked, you can use hot compresses and let the child suck more to drain as much milk as possible. Be careful not to squeeze. If the symptoms have not been relieved, it is most likely mastitis and you will need to take oral anti-inflammatory drugs.

Breast massage techniques during lactation

Milk stasis Milk stasis is actually a problem caused by the poor milk discharge of expectant mothers, which causes excess milk to accumulate in the breasts. In fact, this problem is very easy to solve. When mothers are not breastfeeding, they can just hold the breast where they feel milk accumulation with their hands and vibrate the breast slightly. The amplitude of the vibration can be changed automatically. With the other hand, they can massage the area around the areola appropriately. In this way, the problem of milk accumulation can be well solved.

The baby only drinks milk from one side. Many mothers will find that their babies seem to prefer milk from one side, and the milk from one side cannot meet the baby's normal needs. Moreover, if the baby only drinks milk from one side, the mother's breasts will become one big and one small after the breastfeeding period, which is very unsightly. To solve this problem, you need to resolve the lump around the areola of the breast that the baby doesn't like. Normally, babies will not feed from only one side of the breast for no reason. This is because there may be a lump around the areola of one breast, which requires the baby to suck harder every time and may cause breathing difficulties, so the baby naturally doesn't like it. The reason why lumps appear in the tissues around the areola of the breast during lactation is because of the accumulation of milk. So mothers can use the massage methods mentioned above. You can also hold the outside of the areola with one hand, press the areola vertically with your thumb and index finger, and use the other hand to massage the position of the mammary duct. This will promote milking and the areola will slowly soften, just like the other side. In this way, milk will be secreted continuously and there will be no lumps on the areola. Naturally, the baby will fall in love with the breast on this side.

What causes breast pain during lactation?

Considering the possibility of mastitis, you can try hot compress. Hot compress can make the milk lumps blocking the mammary glands become unobstructed and improve breast circulation. When applying hot compress, be careful to avoid the areola and nipple areas because the skin in these two areas is more tender. The temperature of the hot compress should not be too hot to avoid scalding the skin. If breast pain is paroxysmal, and often begins before menstruation or worsens before menstruation, and can be relieved or disappear after menstruation, and the pain is distending or stabbing, and sometimes involves the armpit or shoulder and back on the same side, and there is mild to moderate tenderness locally, then it is considered to be a proliferative lesion. If the nipple is severely painful during lactation, and the nipple is broken or cracked, it may be caused by the baby sucking and biting the nipple. If the breast pain is only mild dull pain or dull pain, and the onset has no obvious regularity, and is only occasional or paroxysmal, and some are continuous, it is often ignored because the pain is not obvious. It should be noted that such breast pain may also be a signal of early breast malignant disease, and should be given enough attention.

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