There are many ways to breastfeed and many different feeding positions to help drain the ducts, but sometimes the traditional position – when the baby lies across you – can cause parts of the... Read more

Massage your breasts in the shower, working from the outsides/ where they feel lumpy and hard towards the nipple. Try to massage from right after you have given birth as a preventative measure to... Read more

Use a cream called Blastoestimulina on the cracked nipple. This is seriously a miracle cream. Overnight the crack literally disappeared. Cracked nipples are one of the most common causes of... Read more

Keep a cabbage in the fridge and when the symptoms occur take a leaf and put it in your bra. If you can, keep feeding through the pain as this will help to unblock the duct. If you develop a... Read more

Before feeding place a hot compress or heated flannel on your breasts to help with the let down of the milk. Between feeds place a cold compress on your breasts to help with the pain and reduce any... Read more

If you are already massaging, using cabbage leaves, and cold and hot compresses I recommend you pump often to relieve the breasts and slowly dissolve the hard lumps. Read more