What should I do if there are lumps during weaning? These methods will definitely work!

Many women have encountered such a situation. After stopping breastfeeding, lumps will appear in the breasts. At this time, many people will worry, thinking that they have serious diseases such as breast tumors. In fact, this is a relatively common situation. The specific solution is as follows:

1. What should I do if my mother has lumps in her breasts after weaning?

Relevant experts have suggested that the common formation of lumps in the breasts of mothers after weaning is mainly caused by some residual milk in the breasts that cannot be discharged in time after weaning. In this case, the mother can use massage and hot compress to dissipate it. However, experts still recommend that mothers who experience lumps after weaning during the postpartum recovery period should go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination, because breast lumps and pain are typical symptoms of breast disease. In addition, this time period is most likely to develop mastitis, so mothers must pay enough attention to it.

2. How to determine whether there are lumps in the breasts after weaning?

Many mothers have questions: how to determine whether there are lumps in their breasts? Here we will introduce a case. A mother had been weaning for 5 days, but suddenly found a lump in her breast and it was very painful. She had never experienced this phenomenon during her previous breastfeeding, and she described that the lump started to become hard and painful when the baby bumped into it on the first day of weaning. After that, she stroked it with her hand and it felt very comfortable at the time. It didn't hurt much and it wasn't hard anymore. But at night, her breasts became hard again and it was very painful to touch the lumps. Does this phenomenon belong to breast lump?

3. What should I do if I feel bloating and pain when I am weaning?

1. Hot compress: After using a breast pump to extract milk, apply a hot towel to the breasts to relieve swelling and pain. In addition, hot compress can make the milk lumps blocking the breast glands unblocked and improve breast circulation. When applying hot compress, be careful to avoid the areola and nipple areas because the skin in these two areas is more tender. The temperature of the hot compress should not be too hot to avoid scalding the skin.

2. Hot bath: If the breasts are still swollen and painful, the mother can take a hot bath and massage the breasts, which will feel more comfortable.

3. Cold compress: If the pain from breast engorgement is very severe, you can use cold compress to relieve the pain. Always remember to express the milk before applying cold compress.