How to Clear Clogged Milk Ducts | Prevention + Treatment for MASTITIS
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2020
- CLOGGED MILK DUCTS and MASTITIS don’t have to be the end of your breastfeeding journey, Mama! Breastfeeding requires support especially when if comes to learning how to breastfeed and figuring out why does breastfeeding hurt. If you think you’re showing signs of mastitis or engorgement that might lead to clogged milk ducts, this video will answer how frequently should I nurse to prevent discomfort, how to prevent mastitis, how to pump milk for baby, and how to clear clogged milk ducts using basic breastfeeding tips, legendairy milk supplements, the haakaa pump, and probiotics.
Finding a treatment for mastitis or simply learning how to relieve engorged breasts will quickly help you feel in control of those mastitis symptoms before they become too severe. Using all these natural mastitis treatments and clogged duct remedies will help get you back on your blissful breastfeeding journey.
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I was desperately searching for help last night and I found this. Thank you so much.
I massaged the clog with knuckles (exactly as you showed in the video) under hot shower (with water as hot as I could bear, and directly to the clog). Then I fed my baby right after that. The clog disappeared after 16 hours of trying just like that ! :)
I am preparing for my first child, and after seeing a FB post from a friend about a clogged duct, I decided to do some research. Although the idea of this is a bit overwhelming right now, knowing there is good information available to mommas does make me feel a little better. Thank you for providing help!!
I have been subscribed for a while and find your videos so helpful. The tip about turning baby so that their chin is turned toward the incredibly painful clogged duct helped provide relief! Thank you!! 🙏🏻
Bridget ... I have carried your videos as a virtual doula support throughout my labour and pregnancy... and here I am during my week 2 of post partum.. following on your post partum guidance videos! I am so thankful to you for all these videos u make !!! This has been game changing for me !
I wish I could thumbs up this video a thousand times! I had immediate success. Started with massaging and heat compression. Did. Final heat compression before letting baby latch and fed him in two different positions making sure his chin was pointing to where the clogged duct was and it's out. Praise God!
I never leave comments on youtube but this time I have to do it.
Thank you to heaven YOU SAVED ME with your advice when I was desperate and wanted to give up breastfeeding!
I struggled so much and suffered so much pain, and all I have to do is watch this video. I solved the problem immediately.😀
You are an angel! Thank you!! I have been doing everything I can for the past 12 hours with no improvement even after a long hot shower and massage. Your tip on how to massage is a complete game changer! Finally my clogged ducts are resolved! God bless you!!!
It was the hands and knees position coupled with the knuckles massage and warm compress that did it for me. Thank you so much 🙏🏾
Need to get my wife to try all these methods together and daily. She's understandably a bit emotional after labour. The lady in the video explains it very well and more clear than an article thanks for uploading. Hope these work
Oh my gosh it worked! Thank you! After 2 days of severe pain, I followed directions as recommended and am feeling so much better. Bless you. 😭
The hot water Compression with knuckle massage gave so much relief after suffering for 4 days. Couldn't thank you enough.
Thankyou so much, you saved my wife who was is excruciating pain!
Thank you so much for this video. It really uplifted me and sorted me mentally. It's 2:16 in the Netherlands and it forced me prepare tomorrow's food with the right nutrition to help fight off this infection. I was going to go back to sleep without having any food, while I right this I am having salmon soup and high in fibre crackers to support my body and mental state. Have a great positive outlook on recovering and I am sure after watching this video I will be ok. Much love and God bless ⚘️
All your videos help me so much through out my pregnancy and breastfeeding journey. Thank you!!!!!
Your videos helped me prepare for birth and now with this! Thank you so much!
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: 1) Bridget is AMAZING for helping us FTM feel so empowered with our future births and 2) thank you thank you for listing the topics on the screen as you discuss them! Shows that you are a true educator and teacher! 😊
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I second that my go to with all.
Agreed!!!! Thank you, Bridget!
Bridget your videos are so helpful thank you 🥰
Totally agree!!! 🙌🏽💕
Thank you for posting all of these videos. All prenatal classes I had planned to take at my hospital have been cancelled due to the pandemic so your videos have helped answer so many questions. Thanks again!
Her videos are so awesome!!! I have a breastfeeding specific channel that you may find helpful once your baby is born. Congratulations :)
Thank you so much for educating me on this topic! I will use these tips going into my second pregnancy! You’re the best 😃
This is amazingly helpful! Thank you for sharing!
So helpful and detailed! Thank you!!!
I have bad mastitis right now. Tried so much to get rid of the pain. Just tried this and almost immediate relief. Thank you so much!!!!
The tip to unclog the duct really works wonders
As a FTM these videos have helped me so much. I'm in the UK and here we have a huge issue with many midwives and health visitors being uninformed about breastfeeding and so many women give up because of it. There's little to no support and the information you're given can be so inaccurate and outdated. Speaking to friends and family I notice how wrong so many of them are about breastfeeding, but of course because I haven't had my baby yet I can't say anything without getting told I don't know what I'm talking about (I've been told bleeding, cracked tube nipples is normal, and it's always painful and you can't eat certain things which is all wrong). So many women are failed by their care providers when it comes to breastfeeding. CZcams and Facebook groups have given me more information and confidence than any classes I could've done, especially considering I haven't even met my midwife in person yet or attended any antenatal classes and I'm due in just 3 weeks
I could have typed this myself! This is my exact experience. Thank you Bridget!!
Your channel is so helpful. As a new mom, I rely on your videos.
Bridget all your videos are great even for the education of us fathers also ! Thank you is much and keep up the good work 👏🏼👏🏼
Woke up last night at 1am with clogged duct. Looked up your video this morning and got it out by the afternoon. Great tips!
Okay I came back to thank you.
I’ve been in tears for two day now
I woke up this morning drank two cups of mother’s milk tea, took a hot shower used warm compresses, drank a liter of water and did the changing of the breast feeding position I laid above her and turned her body upside down while she was laying on the bed since the clogged duct was on the top and it actually worked!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you 🤍🤍 very happy two week old and mommy
Awesome video Bridget! Real and updated tips here. Thank you for supporting the breastfeeding community. Sending love and light.
Woow gracias Bridget 🙏🏼 Mi bebé tiene 9 meses y hoy me pasó, acabo de seguir tus recomendaciones y al instante sentí que mi seno se suavizo. You are awesome 💗 Me ayudaste durante mi embarazo, mi parto y ahora con esto. Gracias ✨
Hi Bridget,I have luckily seen your video in the CZcams list today for my problem and I have followed immediately and I see quick results and let go of my milk easily with your remedies.I am your new subscriber.I recently gave birth to my second one and it’s been six weeks.Thanku 😊
Her videos do help me. I have been watching her videos from when I was pregnant, how to survive 24 hours labour with breathing techniques, and now how to produce milk.
Extremely useful video!! Thank you so much
I’m about to begin a new breastfeeding journey with my son once he decides to show up in a few short weeks. I’ve ordered silverettes and a Haakaa massager and I’ll be getting a Haakaa brand pump soon. I had a rough time with my first baby and we both failed to thrive by her sixth month. I’m in better headspace, body wellness, and overall health. I’m researching as much as possible! So glad I found your channel!
Wow i was struggling with clogged duct for 4 hrs....tried everything from warm compress to epsom salt bath i was not able to remove it.... desparately searched CZcams for remedies and thats when your video popped up,tried your massage tip with back of knuckles..IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM! Thank u godess !
Delivered almost 2 weeks ago and this was the exact video I needed! Thanks so much!!!
Congrats mama! I post breastfeeding specific tips on my channel. All the best to you.
Thanks so much this video was so helpful. My son is 2 years older Haven’t dealt with a Clogged duck until now so painfully!! But these tips definitely helped me👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you for this video. I have clog ducts right now. Really hrlpful tips!
I wore a tight super supportive sports bra while breastfeeding and I got a few clogged ducts and it’s been horrible. These tips do work and now I wear a lose nursing bra that allows the milk to flow down.
That's how I got mine, with a dumb pump bra
Great video!! I learned so much!
Well explained,I always love your content.Kudos
About to have my second baby boy any day now. I wish I followed you and learned from you with my first pregnancy and early motherhood but I am so happy I found you this time around. Thank you so much for what you are doing helping mothers trust themselves and increase their confidence in birth, feeding, sleeping, and other related parenting things.
Was pumping while watching and was able to get the clog to move! Thank you
Love from Georgia the country, your videos helped a lot ❤️❤️❤️
Amazing video. Back here for 2nd blocked duct. Massage, Hot towel & nursing helps clear clog within a day. AMAZING ADVICE THANK YOU
This video was so helpful!! I just had a clogged duct and I think what made it go away was nursing above my baby to get the milk flowing with gravity. I did not know that where the baby's chin is would be the side that gets the most milk out. Thank you Bridget for this informative video!
thanks a Ton ! I have 1 year old baby who breastfeed .. I was experiencing so much pain and lump.on right side .... your video turn out to be blessing ... m feeling so much relief after massaged suggested by you... God bless you ... much love from India
Very helpful ,did the massage and it instantly helped with the clog ❤
I had a huge clogged duct on top of my breast and it was sooo painful so your tip about nursing them while on your hands and knees over them worked so well! So glad I found this video!! Thank you!!
How many times did u nurse like that to get rid of it? I just did once & it was pretty aerobic
@@priyanka181186 did that worked?
@@sharmilasilly6535 not for me! but dangle pumping helped a bit
@@priyanka181186😂❤
Thank You for Your links, very helpfull!
Thank you very much! First I induced my labor naturally when I actually had an appointment for medical induction in 7 hours after that thanks to your video and then now treated a crazy painful clogs when the doctor told me to take antibiotics directly!!it was my 3rd time with the clogs and I already took took antibiotics twice before that, so didn’t want to take them again for 10 days.. all of your tips worked 😉
Lots of love, Bridget ❤️
your video was so helpful. Thank you so much.😊😊
Thank you so much for the video! It will help me immensely.
Thank you Bridget!
I’m exclusive pumping and I tried everything to unclog my breast. In last resort during a bath I hand pumped on my knees and it worked ! Thank you for the tip
Great info about the probiotics. I usually recommend lactobacillus acidophilus as well.
Thank you! This is such a great help im still figuring out if I have clogged ducts because I felt lump on it even after they finished bfeeding.
Im bfeeding twins btw and I don't like pumping
Great advice! This was very helpful. I didn’t think about switching positions to aid with a clogged duct. It worked!
Which position worked for you? I tried almost all but a tiny bit is still left 🙁
Thanks to you I feel so prepared as a first time mom. It’s awesome ❤️
Thank you!! For this well informed video, ftm here and I appreciate it ap very much!
I am having clogs day 4.. I asked nurses here but they said its fine..! But I did feel something is not right .. and after watching your video, I feel much confident and tried your techniques and it worked!
Very helpful tips that will prevent mastitis. I am learning valuable skills. I like your consistency. Keep it coming. Thank you 😊
Thank u so much dear for this video. I felt like i am dying of pain n fever. I had not latched my baby for 2 days cuz of c section after effect. Hot compress, coconut massage helped me. By following ur way i got relief in an hour. When i had contacted my hospital they had suggested me to admit in ER with baby. U really saved me
Very helpful video.
Thank you for recording this video. I’m not sure if I have a clogged duct or not. One breast is hard but in the center of my breast not toward the outer breast
Currently dealing with mastitis and the Haakaa with epsom salt and warm water cleared my duct 😭🥳 I still have some lingering pain on the area. I’ll give it time. So thankful for this video!
Well done, nice tips
EXCELLENT!!! THANK YOU!!!
Thank you so much for sharing. I don’t have a baby, but I have a pituitary tumor that causes me constant clogged milk ducts that sometimes get infected so I will try some of these tips.
This is so helpful! You are an answer to prayer! Thank you!!
Very helpful. I followed your tips. It got relieved after 14 hours. I had hard wedges on my right side breast. It was extremely painful. I was giving hot water compress on affected area and massage breast with coconut oil. Often I was feeding my baby on affected side.Praise God. Thank you
This video helped me so much! Thank you!! My baby is 5 weeks old and I got my first clogged duct today. I suspect it was from my bra being tight because I don’t typically let myself get too engorged.
I massaged my breast in a hot shower following the technique in the video and then let my baby nurse with his chin against the clog (I’ve always nursed cross cradle so I switched to football hold since the clog was on the outside of my breast) and after a few nursing sessions my baby cleared it for me. ❤
What's football hold
@@SairaSabir1443AH if you Google “football hold breastfeeding position” you can see images of it. Apparently it’s also called clutch hold, but I was more familiar with the phrase football hold. The term football hold is probably more so an American thing, since that hold resembles how you’d hold an American football.
I’m in sooo much pain right now , I’m on my 4th day & it’s not getting better 😭 thank you for this video!❤️
What did you do to make it better?
Thank you so much for this video. I needed alllllll of this
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MY CLOGGED DUCTS ARE GONE. THANK YOU!! They were so painful!
How??
How did you manage it? How long did it take ?
I HIGHLY recommend taking a hot shower and massaging and dissolve the clogged milk!!! And placing baby on the corner of bed and him latching with you standing up it literally went away it was such a relief!!!😭
Thankful for this video! I currently have mastitis as a busy mom of 4 with a 9 month old baby. I had forgotten some of these methods and thankful to be able to give them a shot before getting an antibiotic!
So helpful thank you!!
This video saved me. Clogged duct this afternoon. Good thing, I found this video. The circular massage while breastfeeding really works.. Thank you so much..
Hello there. How are you feeling now?. I'm having a problem now and I'm so worried my daughter is 20 months old.
Additional tip (not sure whether someone has already mentioned it in the comments) - cold cabbage leaves, scratched with a fork to release the juice, placed over the inflamed area of the breast help with reducing the irritation
Thank you! this helped me a lot last night. I took an advil then a hot bath with epson salt. After that I applied massage oil to the breast and used the Knuckle technique and applied firm pressure. Right after that I pumped. The lumps were cleared!
I’ve had a clogged duct since Monday and it’s the WORST! I tried the Haakaa, massaging it, hot shower, epsom salt bath, and it still wasn’t gone. Finally this morning (Friday,) I decided to try dangle nursing (lump was on top of my left breast,) with baby on the ground upside down, and IT WORKED!!! Thank you soooo much for the tip!! I am so grateful!
After how many breast feeding sessions did it take to unclog
@@DoNDiPzOsH It only took me doing it the upside down “weird” way once for it to unclog.
@@superchickk56 ok guess I’ll keep trying 😂
@@DoNDiPzOsH Good luck!!
@@superchickk56 thank you
I so needed this a few months ago!! You are amazing 🤗 xx
I have mastitis. And this makes so much sense. I should have watched this video first.b
This is so informative! Im a new mama to a preemie and we are trying to latch and breastfeed and Im so frustrated because my milk supply isn't stellar. But this video helps! Thank you!
Omg thank god I loved your videos during pregnancy now I find you had a video exactly for what i need right now... and the comments are helpful too! I don’t feel a lump but my right breast is super sore on the underneath.. I’m feeding my daughter less as shes eating more solids
I feel hopeless like how do i get rid of this thing 😭
Thank you so much! This helps a lot
So helpful! Baby boy is only 5 days old and my left breast is clogged 😫 not excited for the sensation of massaging the duct but I gotta do what I gotta do!
Thank you so much for this. My baby developed diarrhea from the antibiotic I was taking, so I got her the prebiotic to settle her tummy!
This was really helpful, thank you! Where/how do I find the links though? I
Super useful!
Just sharing what has worked for me twice. Once today and once 10 years ago. I could clearly see the clog on my nipple, called milk bleb and looks like a white blister. Took a warm shower to open pores. Got out and sterilized a needle and poked the bleb. Expressed and lots of milk shot out that clogged duct. Nursed baby. Hard lumps gone and relieved.
Got the clog from wearing a tight shirt to bed. Wear loose clothing esp to bed.
Hope sharing this helps someone.
If she didn’t mention, just breastfeeding as often as baby will eat helps a lot for clogged ducts
they can eat while its clogged?
@@---ht5xo yes!
Thank you Bridget so much! I didn’t know why I had a fever and chills I was scared I had COVID, but I noticed that my left breast hurt really bad and after doing some research I figured out I have Mastitis. Everything in your video just confirmed it and I will be trying everything to make me feel better
Same exact thing for me yesterday. How are you feeling?
@@sommerdaniel9359 I feel so much better today! I had a fever and chills for 2 -3 day then just a lot of discomfort in my left breast. I massaged a lot like a Bridget said, I also used a water bottle filled with hot water in the affected area. After 2 days I feel so much better no pain anymore ! Hope you feel better!
What's working for my clogged ducts is using my manual pump (!), Warm bath with massage, and the haakaa thing.
My friend suggested that I pump in the shower while massaging the area. I leave the pump itself outside the shower on a table and cover it so it doesn't get wet. It seems to help!
Thank you so much Bredgit I experienced clogged duct for 2 days I research for remedies and watch your video.I immediately perform ur tip no. 1&4 and it is super effective. No more clogged duct .super thankful to u for imparting your knowledge. God bless you❤
Ohhh my goodness the epsom salt one!!! I need to do this!! And sunflower lecithin!! I just got over mastitis!!! I can not believe how sick it can make you feel!! I continue to get engorged breast! It’s not easy! I needed this video!!
I have mastitis now, did your milk supply go down? Did you continue to exclusively BF them ?
i have mastitis.. did u take antibiotics and sunflower lecithin at the same time? tia.
@@kimberlyidos2064 I tried to avoid antibiotics at all costs because it kills the good bacteria. I just kept breastfeeding and taking the sunflower lecithin. Sorry I’m all late
I was plagued for several months by a recurring plugged duct (due to a previous injury) with my first. I had a hard line almost like a pencil under my skin down the length of my breast and could actually see the crystal showing on my nipple. Ways I got through it were:
1) Removing the visible plug with the side of a needle (not digging, just rocking it loose).
2) Hot baths with caster oil massage, and nursing in the tub.
3) Deep tissue massage.
4) Frequent nursing and sticking to the affected side as much as possible and 'tricking' the baby by changing positions instead of changing sides
5) Putting baby's jaw closest to the plugged duct with (in my case, that meant having baby on my shoulder - Aussie hold)
6) Nursing on all fours (try to explain that to your in-laws!)
7) Ultra sound therapy
8) Massaging down the swollen area toward the nipple while nursing
I think #1, 2, 4, 5 and 8 were most effective for me, but persistence and determination were definitely the key. It went on for so long that I was even advised to consider one sided nursing. Eventually it cleared for good and never came back, not even with my second. I was VERY glad that I stuck with it!
This is the third time I've had mastitis and it's so miserable 😔 it makes it so hard to take care of my kids
you can take sunflower lecithin to help with the clogged ducts. it works.
I just had that problem today & got a high fever
How do i get rid of this pls help
I got fever today. After c section I had bad gut health and lot of pain due to which I didn't latch my baby for 2 days. Today when I did it I felt good but after 1 hr I got fever n chills. She is only 12 days old. Coconut oil massage n warm compress really helped me. Also I was wearing fitting bra. God it's so painful
This the 4th time for me this is worse then miserable
I got this a couple times with my daughter. She is almost two now and slowly she is weaning. The biggest thing that helped me was heat on my breasts, feeding her on all fours, pumping and taking epsom salt bath