Friday, July 3, 2015

Tips For Dealing With Recurrent Plugged Ducts and Mastitis

*I am not a doctor, and I don't even play one on TV.  These are just things that were recommended by my lactation consultants that have helped me!

1. Get rid of tight-fitting bras or bras with underwire.
2. Get as much sleep as possible.  (I always find this one funny, and quite impossible with a new baby).

3.  Drink lots of water.

4.  When your breast gets that familiar bruised/painful/or hard/blocked feeling, try these things:

             -Soak in a hot bath, or apply moist heat to the affected area.

-Immediately nurse baby, and then pump just to make sure that he emptied the breast       completely.

-While nursing/pumping, massage affected area to try to release any blockages.
5.  Use Sunflower Lecithin to resolve issues and help prevent this from happening again.  I take this kind  and I take 1 - 1200 mg capsule 3x a day.   This has helped me so much.


Hope these things help!  Feel free to email me if you have more questions - I don't know if I can answer them, but I can try!

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