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Plsss help me urgently. My 11day old baby refused to suck my breast tho he wants to. My breast is heavy, strong and very painful now. What do I do? Am

Dr Muyideen Oladotun · Answer

Hello Amadi, please follow all the advice given, I have nothing to add. But avoid developing mastitis, it's not an experience you want to live with. Cuz you're having pain and fever already. Use paracetamol for the pain, it's safe. even if you just have to express all the milk out.

Mbuotidem Heynri · Answer

Better extract d milk to avoid mastitis, it happened to me and it wasn't a nice experience at all

ziggiezmum · Answer

pls express the milk n feed. ur baby is crying cos he is hungry. clean ur nipple very well n possibly ask hubby to suck hard to open d ducts

Ella Kings · Answer

Use hot water to massage your breast so you won't have more pains and it will help in bringing out the milk, sorry

Miriam · Answer

Extract the milk pls so you dont develop mastitis, that one no be wetin you wan experience o.

Busari Atinuke · Answer

For quick relief of the pain...place iced water/block on the breast or apply ori on the breast for free flow of the breast.

phunmie · Answer

From ur explanation i dnt think d milk is coming out.like others said clean wit cotton wool n oliveoil and put ur baby to ur breast alway.u can express for now to feel relieved.

Queen Kasham · Answer

@Blackebony, try and clean your nipples, and please extract the breast milk inside feeding bottle and give him okay. Sorry dear. Is well God the Lord is your strength.

Atanda Ganiyat Yusuf · Answer

Try nd clean ur nipples wit c/wool nd Goya oil

Amadi Joy Chioma · Answer

Not refusing persay, he puts his mouth and remove after two seconds on both breast n then gives this heartbreaking cry

Queen Kasham · Answer

Haaa sorry I can feel your pain. Is it that he has never sick before or he was sucking before then all of a sudden he refused?

Ngozi Chris · Answer

Pls extract the breast milk and breastfeed with the baby feeder so that it will not sour

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