Sophiejash
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Ok with my first child I tried breast feeding it didn't work out and at 6 weeks I developed an abscess, my goodness it was horrendous and the pain worse than labour. Needless to say all breast feeding stopped after that. This time my son is 3 weeks old, the breast feeding is still hit and miss but I'm expressing 3 times a day to help prevent build up of milk and also getting him to latch on when he can. I am massaging my boobs every time I express and desperate to not let the abscess repeat itself. However I have a very painful pain deep in my left boob (every time my daughter knocks it .. ouch) but I have no redness of the skin or obvious lump (from what I can tell just the obvious hardness of a boob containing milk). I'm taking ibuprofen to help reduce any swelling, putting heat packs on my boob etc but terrified that it doesn't seem to be working. Anyone experienced anything similar and any tips for me?