New Tips to Clear Clogged Milk Ducts | OBGYN Mom Shares Expert Advice
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- This week, Dr. Sarah Bjorkman, a board-certified OB/GYN, shares new recommendations about how to make breast milk clogs go away, her own experience doing all of the wrong things with baby #1, and how much better things have been using a helpful pneumonic for breastfeeding baby #2.
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - My First Clog & Bad Advice
2:36 - New Recommendations
2:53 - What is a Clog
4:12 - Risk Factors for Clogs
4:50 - How to Treat a Clog
5:20 - What Not To Do
6:42 - Key Recommendations
7:57 - B.A.I.T. (tldr; START HERE)
9:41 - If Not Getting Better + Other Tips
10:59 - Sarah’s In Real Life Experience
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I was an exclusive pumper that dealt with a lot of clogs. If I can offer any advice to other pumping moms, make sure you have the right flange size! Also be aware that your flange size can also change throughout your journey. Also, if you have measured and know you have the right flange size but still see a lot of tissue being pulled in and/or your bipples are hitting the back of the flange, consider that you might have elastic nipples. This can also cause you to not empty well. Once I learned this for myself and tried some other flanges (other than the hard plastic ones) that are more geared for elastic nipples, I emptied better than I ever had and had way more comfortable. I really liked both LackTek flanges and the silicone Pumpin Pal flanges. Hope that helps someone!
I’m having issues with my clogged ducts. I have been switching to different sizes and now I’m thinking maybe it could be my pump??
@@KristieRaeManiacAre you still having issues? I've noticed that my spectra empties me the best.
@@TheWesternWolfe yes I have a spectra now and it works wonders with the right flanges too. I still however have a hard area that doesn’t seem to want to budge. Maybe it’s just my breast? Idk.
I have the spectra and is not doing the work. I took a rented medela symphony pump. Suffering so much with clogged ducts
@eldaz3986 I would suggest maybe trying Pumpin Pal flanges if you are sure you're in the right sized Medela flange and are still getting clogs. The Sympony is like the G Wagon of pumps so you should be emptying.
Thank you. I had a clogged duct last week and spent an entire day trying to get it cleared. So painful and annoying. Thanks for the updated information. I have to take Sunflower lecithin daily, if I skip more than one day I end up with a clog... but I was one of those people who used heat! I don’t know why I never made the connection between heat and inflammation. 🤦🏻♀️I’m also a certified lymphedema therapist and never understood the “aggressive massage” recommendation. You’re literally crushing all those lymphatic pathways making it impossible to clear. I use a wide tooth comb and gently sweep the area behind the lump towards the nipple. That’s what I’ve found works for me.
Thank you good advice !
Thank you for posting updated, evidence-based advice! I followed the traditional advice with my first child, and it made the situation much worse, ultimately ending my breastfeeding journey. I followed the BAIT protocall this time, and my breast health improved within 12 hours! I am so grateful for your channel and the important information you share.
You literally keep posting the exact videos I need at the right time!!!!
Please see a lactation consultant and make sure if you’re pumping that your flanges are sized correctly. I’m currently about 5 months into breastfeeding my daughter. We had to start by exclusively pumping because she was in the NICU and I was getting horrible clogs every other day or so. Turns out I was using flanges that were too big although the LC’s at the hospital didn’t catch that detail. I hired a LC to come to our house and she was a godsend to correct the size I needed. Also once we were able to start nursing more that helped tremendously. The body responds so much better to baby than to a pump. It’s psychological. Those were the two things that have made the biggest difference for me. I also take sunflower lecithin daily.
I started getting weekly clogged ducts at 3 mos, my baby is 7 mos now. I think I was using flanges that were too large as well. I have a clog now going on day 4 that nothing I normally do will budge😢.
Great to see you back! I hope life with 2 little ones is going well 😀
Had my first clog today and so happy to have this video. Will try these things now.
Life-saving. Just had a clogged duct. Best channel I subscribed to!!!
I was told by a friend to use heat and massage when I got my first clog a couple of weeks postpartum. It was horrendous, so painful to do, ended up making the swelling worse and full on mastitis, had to take antibiotics which led to a drop in supply 😩 The second time I used ice packs, anti inflammatory and sunflower lecithin, so much better. I take a daily dose of the sunflower lecithin now and exclusively pumping so always make sure to fully empty every time.
Thank you so much for this updated advice! I had a clogged duct after having surgery and taking antibiotics. I had to pump and I felt the left breast hurting so much. I did everything you recommended and less than 24 hrs it was gone!!!
Oh so thankful for this information! I had a clogged duct last week and the misery was reeeal.
As an exclusive pumper I had a ton of clogs. To a point where I had issues with keeping up with supply. I tried this for my last clog and it resolved overnight! So thankful for this I’ve tried everything!
Super helpful. My doula had said something similar. Been having issues for days and not been getting any better. So now I'm going to try this and hope things get better. Thank you for the video!!
This is great advice. One other thing I noticed was that I tended to get plugged ducts every morning after I had had alcohol the night before. My theory is that the alcohol was inflammatory for me. After I stopped drinking while breastfeeding I started getting a lot less plugged ducts. I also got less clogged ducts after my milk supply calmed down a bit several months postpartum.
This is why I love CZcams! Thank you beautiful 🙏🏽❤️
Thank you so much for sharing this! I wish I had known this information while breastfeeding my first baby last year- could've avoided so many clogs...
Warm compress before pumping and cold after as well as Sunflower Lechithin saved me!!
Thank you so much! I gave birth last week and woke up with my first clogged duct this morning. Will be trying these tips.
So happy the regular videos are coming again! I'm due in October and your videos always get me feeling more ready and pumped (pun intended)!
I had a preemie 8 years ago. I had MAJOR oversupply!! I was constantly nursing, pumping, and bottle feeding. No joke, I had blocked milk ducts in sections of BOTH breasts for 3 days a week for 9 months!! Agony would have been an improved feeling compared to what I went through. When my kiddo wanted to stop at 9 months old, I danced a jig!!! No advice at the time worked. I stumbled on ice myself. Thanks so much for helping other women to cease suffering. I personally completely understand women not breastfeeding. I stuck with it but it can be horrifyingly, excruciatingly painful. My sympathy to all moms suffering. Just do your best. Don't let women NOT suffering shame you and cause you more suffering. Had my baby NOT been a preemie, I would probably not have made myself suffer for so long. I did it because I was medically advised to keep nursing as they said preemies need it desperately.
This was really helpful cause I had only heard of heat and deep tissue message! Ice, and advil make a lot of sense.
Could you please do a video about relactation. I want to start breastfeeding again after 4 months of formular feeding but it's so hard.
Glad you are back. Love your Videos! ❤
I'm currently trying to wean and it isn't going well. Now I know I've been doing it all wrong 😮. I truly needed this video, thank you!!
Thank you, thank you!!! I was freaking about over this. I've never experienced a clog duct before. I followed your recommendations and was unclog' after 18 hours.
i had so many clogs like the first 3-4 months. Thank you for this. If I have another baby, this will help! the WIC lactation consultants tried to help but they gave me the "massage", "hot shower" talk, asked if my clothing was too tight or my pump was too small.
I love this Chanel, you are so helpful! ❤
Thank you for the tips! I slept with a cold compress last night and took anti-inflammatory medicine. I was scared of my supply and the hardening off my affected side when I had to “rest”. But bub managed to nurse the next morning.
That helped me alot! It worked.. first i was little afraid of the icepacks but it helped alot! Now my breast are getting better :) Thank you🥳 I wished that i saw your video before!
For me, gentle pushing on the clots towards the nipple while pumping always works, and is not painful at all.
Thanks for always using the latest info! I was just telling a mom yesterday..."We use to say....but Now...😊 We are constantly learning!
This is so helpful! Thank you!!
This worked within hours, thank you.
Thank you for this! I'm so glad I saw this now, before I kept up the massage and continuously fed baby in the breast!
I got mastitis 2 weeks postpartum. First time mom, stressed as heck, this was a nightmare…fever and pain. I was miserable. Kept applying heat/cold, antibiotics, and massage. It took a full week to start feeling better. Thank you for the info!!
Hey i just came to ur channel to say thanks to u
I got duct clog on the weekend and it was veryy painful just came across ur video and took the same prescribed medicines and did massage
The issue got resolved in 12 hrs Alhamdullilah
Again thanx alot to u keep posting good stuff for us thanks
Thank you so much for this information I NEEDED IT 😢
This was SO helpful! I also thought painful deep tissue massage in a super hot shower was the way to do it
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Somewhere I saw a thing that said put your washable pump parts in the freezer. Oh it is so nice!
I just spent an entire day using the hot shower/aggressive massage method and it feels worse and the area is more inflamed than it was yesterday🙄thank you for posting this I’m excited to try this method🤞🏻
Just here to complain about my experience. As an exclusive pumper, I had sooo many clogs. I had a particularly bad month that started with full mastitis (ie fever, red, pain, etc), treated with antibiotics, then I kept getting clogs followed by redness on either breast, so not infectious but inflammatory mastitis. I finally went to see a gynecologist who, to keep it short, said that didn't make any sense and that it maybe was skin irritation. I eventually gave up on asking about inflammatory mastitis and asked about therapeutic ultrasound for the frequent clogged ducts, imaging, or other labs, and she just doubled down that there was nothing to do. And while I was telling them about all the things I had been trying including sunflower lecithin, she looked at me like I had 3 heads. I was so mad I left crying, because my supply had taken such a hit from all the clogs, and I was exclusively pumping for my son who, at the time had been hospitalized since birth till 5 months. I did actually know about these recommendations at the time, though they were released a little after I started pumping so I definitely did massage and heat in the beginning. But yeah, breastfeeding and women's medicine has a long way to go.
Great video, thank you! I have been struggling with a clog for more than a week now and have done all the wrong things 😂
SO glad you are sharing the updated recommendations - I’m ebf my first (14 1/2 weeks) and I had two bouts of mastitis in the first 2 months - I went to see a lactation consultant who shared with me the updated recommendations (I had also aggressively tried to massage out the clog/apply heat) and since then, while I have gotten several clogs, no more mastitis thank goodness. I take sunflower lecithin daily now, and whenever I have a clog I take ibuprofen, feed/pump regularly but not any more than usual, and keep ice on in between feeds, and it typically clears within 12 hours. As always, love your content and so happy you’re back!
U mean u put ice in boobs ? Cause i but hot water now for 12 days nothing changes i still have pain and the milk is clog
So helpful, thank you!
Wow. This is great because I think we are all used to the “old” info that you used to get as well.
Thank you for this information.
Just a suggestion to add the word “updated” tips/information on your title to get more clicks. I know you say “new” but since it’s such a short word it may not get the attention from ppl who will find this information helpful and they may just pass it assuming they have “heard it all before” without realizing this talks about new studies and recommendations.
Thanks for this - really interesting and helpful. I’m on my third breastfeeding journey and have got lots of clogs each time. I wish I’d had this advice sooner! First time round I also did heat, heavy massage, etc. and it was miserable.
The most helpful things for me are ice when baby’s asleep, ibuprofen and feeding with the baby’s chin pointed towards the clog.
This video helped me so much today. I woke up with a couple clogged ducts that became a big huge ball on one side. It hurt so bad, I did heat, shower, massage, had baby try to unclog it, nothing worked. I put ice and took ibuprofen and waited about 40 minutes. Latched baby on and ducts got unclogged! Thank you so much.
I have found your videos so helpful throughout my motherhood journey! Do you think you could do a video on the the new RSV vaccine for pregnant women? I think it might be getting approved soon for pregnancy
I wish I hadn't come to this video after a whole day going the heat and massage route! My friend who is a doctor also shared her experience with heat and massage, although she also used ice packs and Ibuprofen, so she was closer to BAIT than most of the internet. I'm adjusting my approach. Thanks so much for sharing, I always enjoy your videos.
This helped. thanks for sharing
I absolutely love your videos ❤
Thanks for the awesome tips
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Something that can work as well is to have an adult (ex husband) breastfeed and really empty the breast
I know it’s not the traditional advice but it can work
Thank you, you just saved me a lot of money.
I agree!! My first clog I did all the old school stuff, my nurse friend even lent me her massage gun to try and get it out. But it wouldn't come out and turned into mastitis. I came across the new protocol and I've had 2 clogs since that have cleared with relative ease although I do admit I gently massaged it while nursing/ pumping.
Someone told me doing block feeding so only nursing baby from one breast per feed helps prevent clogs since you're completely emptying the breast every time. But something else I read said it can decrease your supply. What do you say?
Thank you for the latest information. Whenever I have clogged ducts (happens if I miss a pump session), my husband massages the indurated areas and I get instant relief. 🤔
This is my second clog and I’m doing BAIT this time. I massaged and did hot showers last time and it seems to work but wasn’t comfortable. Thanks for the info.
Do you have any advice on the Haakaa/epsom salt remedy? I have my first clogged duct - which turned into mastitis and I'm now on antibiotics :(
Thanks for all your great videos!
I'm going to try to be a mom soon I'm so excited and learning more about breast feeding will help so much is medela a great breast pump to buy ?
Thank you for updating!
I have an at home ultrasounic cavitation device.. I wonder if i can use this device?
Is sunflower lecithin a supplement that you are supposed to drink? If so, what is the dosage?
I literally got a clogged duct today. Thank you so much!!
How did it go? I am watching this video after being sleep deprived for almost a month bc of these stubborn clogged ducts and I am tired. 😢
@@naraestelblack8515 hi! It worked!! I’ve used the same methods a few times now when I’ve felt a clog start brewing. Hope you find some relief soon 🧡
@@Nonnahs3 omg ty so much
@@naraestelblack8515 you’re welcome!! Highly recommend the sunflower lecithin, I got it at target!
How much lecithin do you need to take? Once or twice daily?
Thank you so much for this video! Welcome back ♥️🥰 I have been getting clogged ducts frequently while nursing my 5 month old and did notice that the heat makes it worst. Only way that I was able to resolve them was with ice! 🙏 but obviously I wasn’t sure that was it because everywhere on the internet they tell you to massage and take hot baths. Even my doctor said to “massage vigorously” 🙁
Is Epsom salt still recommended for clogged milk ducts? I'm 6 months and 3 weeks PP and I noticed my first clogged duct today. I am also trying to heal a cracked nipple. The crack started over a week ago and was caused from my baby suddenly tugging/pulling my breast while nursing and I also experienced more than a few unexpected chomps and high suctioned releases due to my baby being distracted.
The clogged duct doesn't hurt yet, but I want to do everything I can to heal quickly and resume our normal breastfeeding.
I didn't know it's safe to take Advil and breastfeed as well. That's good to know.
How much advil and Tylenol do you take ? Do you take them together ? So you said 800 mg of advil but do you take Tylenol with Advil and if so, how much ??
There's so much contradictory information I'm really confused what to do!
Do what she says to do in the video 😂
Hot shower for me would cause a strong let down so it would help to empty the breast.
Also gentle massage towards the nipple while breastfeeding.
Actually, when I was pumping with previous baby, I could visually see how massage increased milk flow, helped to evacuate the milk.
Thank you ❤
Just got back from my OB who told me opposite of this video. Sending this to him 😂
Love this
Thank you so much for this video l! I’ve had a bad clog for a couple weeks and it caused mastitis I can’t seem to get it out!
How are you doing now? Did you go to your doc for mastitis? Currently on the same boat
I don’t know if I can ice because I have vasospasms-currently medicated for this but totally afraid of putting anything cold on my breast!
So BAIT is a drug treatment for the clog? Is there a different, non-drug dependent method?😊
What's a bleb?? And is the sunflower lecithin something you're eating or using externally?
Capsule
So do we still feed and pump a bit on the clogged breast? Aside from BAIT? Currently in pain 😢
Due to clogged ducts. Doctors provided pills to stop milk segregation and cleared the ducts. But now there is no milk segregation its almost 10days.
Is there any chance to start milk segregation.
Please reply to me :(
Also you said don’t roughly massage or deep massage and that’s exactly what lactation did two days ago. She deep tissues my boobs so hard it hurt but the milk came out and my supply was back up but now I’m super clogged. Was getting 160 now barely 60ml. So what do you recommend? Heat doesn’t work and according to your video I’ll stop trying to deep massage it like lactation did
I had 2 clogs and it was the most painful thing about breastfeeding. Then I started lecithin and have not had any since then
Sarah thank you so much😢 for this video! I have had mastitis for the last week, the lactation consultant massaged it aggressively and made things so much worse… I’m on antibiotics but I still feel like a tangerine sized hardness in my breast. I’ll start bait today and hope it helps me!
A million thanks ❤
Please consider reporting the LC. A qualified IBCLC should really keep up to date with their professional development. Im sorry you had to go through this!
How can you tell a clogged duct from milk let down? Are they the same?
I pretty sure I had a clog for clost to a year I tried everything that the doctor told me and nothing worked hopefully this stuff works
I had the worst pain for about two weeks it I'm guessing it's a bleb. It was a yellow white spot on my nipple and when my daughter nursed it was burning me so much but I had to keep letting feed so that it could clear out. I tried picking at it and it was so painful. It felt so raw when I removed it with twizzers gently after shower I don't even know how that happened... the pain disappeared immediately.
I had a clogged duct once and I didn’t know it until I pumped it out. I saw blood in the bottle and freaked out. I read that it was probably from a clogged duct and I could still give my child that milk, but it grossed me out so I dumped it. That was when I saw the little milk clot. Lol. Shaped like the duct and everything. So crazy!
Thank you so much! I had a bad clog with my first pregnancy and did all the things you're not supposed to do!
I'm due with my second baby in February, so I'm thankful to have this information now before I start my next breastfeeding journey! ❤
I think the advice may be wrong on this one. I am suffering a clogged duct, extremely painful. I’ve been following this “new recommendation” and taking ibuprofen and icing it for 2 days, and gently pumping with a Haaka (manual silicone hand pump). No improvement. I go to one of the best private Obgyn practices in my city- I should have called them first instead of YT. Called them, they said I’m doing the opposite- they said don’t use ice, use heat AND massage the breast. Take warm shower, hand express, and Continue with the ibuprofen. That is standard advice for (suspected) clogged ducts. Think about it- a clog, cold will make it thicker and worse. (Might be different for mastitis, I don’t know)
Put warm cabbage leaves on it. Leave on and change every few hours.
Can you still feed and pump from the breast that has a clogged duct?
Can you get a clogged duct if you’re not pregnant or feeding?
i’m currently 6 days postpartum and they keep getting clogged every time i try to pump or breast feed. until watching this video i didn’t know that massaging and heat were not the answer. i was literally doing it until i heard it in the video but i got tested negative for mastitis. i went to the hospital with a fever of 101.9 and ive got no help
I really hope this ladies advice helps you! As a mom who suffered terrible agony, (clots in sections of both breasts for a few days every week for 9 months), just do your best. I was THRILLED when my daughter quite nursing at 9 months old. I was very heavily criticized!! But plenty of women and some medical staff have no idea what they're asking of you. They've no comprehension of your pain. My heart is with you.
I’ve stopped breastfeeding 5/6months ago and I still have clogged ducts in my left armpit .. how can I get it out?
I have like ten clogs. Baby in NICU. How far should I fast Fwd lol I’m dying over here 😮💨 I tried massaging and the clogged ducts aren’t smoothing out and I’m pumping nothing yet I feel full
Got mastitis and stopped pumping because it was so painful and I was frustrated. After getting treatment I went to go back to breast milk for my baby. Milk supply didn’t dry up but has decreased drastically. Can you do a video on relactation.
As if you read my mind 😢 I delivered 5 day’s ago and I’ve just developed this but I was told it’s because I’m getting milk rather than colostrum
My husband was a little TOO interested in helping out. 😂
I pumped and feed like crazy trying to get the clog to break while gently rubbing, it didn’t help too much like noted in the video. For me, it was the epsom salt bath that REALLY helped with healing. Also icing after and using a hot pad before and wearing a loose bra.
I’ve heard something about cabbage leaves over your breasts too- haven’t tried that.
This is something that frustrates me so much, I had my baby 1 year and 2 months ago, I could just breastfeed for 3 months :( and was so certain I could do it for at least a year, but failed, I had million clogs every single hour after I lost one got a new one had fever every single day it was HORRIBLE one of the reasons I don’t want another baby but I pray if I do get another baby I can breastfeed her/him for at least a year
I massaged them in hot water so aggressively (advice to) and my breast are so baggy right now
Never feel badly about doing your best. Some women have a much easier time of it. I was like you. I suffered horribly. I did my best. I got criticized anyway. Forget foolish clueless people. Your best is good enough! I do hope another baby would go better for you but I've no idea. I decided one was enough for me. We lasted 9 months. She quit. I was THRILLED!!!! No more agonizing pain!!! 🥳
Watching this video after massage and electric brush vibrator use for 20mins - 😮
literally while watching this, I was pumping and deep massaging my clogged area. i was so distracted with the video pumped 5 minutes past my usual time on a higher setting than normal🤦♀
@@raspberrycremeavpdoes this video helped you please share your experience?
I’m in pain watching this and i just really wish you got the point faster. I actually started massaging it because that’s what you started with only for you to say 5 mins later - don’t do that… so yea. Lots of pain.
"Which my husband was horrified by this idea" 😂
But if we have a bleb right this moment do we just leave it alone? 😭
I’m back and I woke up sooo much better after trying all of this out!! I left the bleb alone and it seems to have resolved mostly overnight. It still hurts but I’m going to the doctor just to check me out
So husband helping is not a helpful thing?
Am 20 weeks pregnant and am trying to stay informed