Clogged duct?

Question

I'm exclusively pumping my newborn. I pump around every 3-4 hours. This morning I woke up with EXTREME pain in my right breast. Its not red or warm to the touch, so I'm thinking it's a clogged duct. Best solutions? Pumping is extremely painful, and so are my letdowns. Im currently using a heating pad to help with the pain. Anything else that will help?

Answer

I would take a hot shower and massage then pump after the shower.

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I’ve exclusively pumped for two of my kids. I also have painful letdowns, which isn’t fun. Taking sunflower lecithin is what helped me the most because I have an oversupply and I’m very prone to getting clogs. If your comfortable taking a supplement I high recommend it, I buy mine off Amazon. I know it painful, but massaging before and during pumping helps me too. 
Also to note, with my most recent baby, he was 4 days old and I had a clog with my milk coming in, was painful but not red or hot, I ended up waking from a nap that day feeling like I had the flu with a fever. Ended up having mastitis that early postpartum. I never knew you could get that so soon after birth. But it didn’t affect my supply and felt fine after taking antibiotics.

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Could be! I hand express in the shower, a warm shower massage the area (not pleasant) and hand express. I literally showered like 4 times one day because my
Breasts were aching so badly!

Clogged duct?

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