FTM.. Breast Pain ??

When I first starting nursing I noticed that my breasts would hurt (shooting pains up and down my breasts) when they were producing milk. It was worse the first month or so and then got to where I barely even noticed it. For the sore nipples, I found that Lansinoh nipple cream really helped. I used it after eat feeding or any time they were feeling dry (for me a pulling stretching feeling). I never had a clogged milk duct, mastitis, or thrush, but those could also be the cause of your pain. Call and talk to you doctor just to rule those out. Hope that helps.

It sounds like your milk is coming in in anticipation of feeding your baby. In my experience this is completely normal. For me it was more like feeling full and less painful, but definitely could be uncomfortable. Sometimes this will happen when we hear baby crying, which may cause us to leak which is why they make nursing pad lol.

If you think you may be over producing and baby is having a hard time keeping up with your milk while feeding him, you can try to pump and ounce before feeding him. I had that problem with my son.

I know my pediatrician was a huge proponent of breastfeeding and was willing to answer all kinds of questions. So I would suggest to check with your OB nurse or pediatrician, but to me it sounds perfectly normal!!

You should notice that the painfulness gets better the longer you breastfeed. I would give it a few weeks and if the pain is not getting better, the pain lingers too often or is too intense definitely check with your OB.

Hi Mrs G.

Is there a lactation consultant center through the hospital you delivered at? If so, I would start with them. This could be happening for various reasons.
1). Baby may not be latching on correctly
2). You may be experiencing some engorgment prior to feeding.
3). You may also have yeast (thrush)infection to your breast.
4). If you have flu like symptoms, you may being experiencing mastitis.

Yeast and mastitis symptoms need to be followed up by your OBGYN,but you can certainly call lactation consultant first and they can triage you, but may refer you back to obgyn. I would also check your babies tongue for thrush(white coating on the tongue). If you see this, you will need to call pedi. for baby and ob for you. Regardless of the problem, it can be managed successfully. Hope this helps somewhat. Blessings and congratulations on your new baby boy. They are indeed, a gift from God. Even during the teenage years. LOL!!!

I would have pain in my breasts during letdown, right before nursing my daughter. I had an overactive letdown, where milk would literally spray out forcefully, almost choking her for at first. My breasts also would be engorged and sore when it was close to feeding time. As my supply adjusted things gradually got better.

As long as you aren't experiencing pain at other times, or for any length of time I wouldn't worry too much. This is assuming you have no other symptoms.

For more on pain during letdown:
http://www.llli.org/FAQ/pain.html