[loveregardless]

I quit breast feeding about 2 months ago, and recently I've been having an aching pain in my right breast, which was the one that always got the most engorged and produced the most milk, and I'm just wondering if anyone else experienced this after quitting breast feeding.

I'm definitely not making milk anymore, and haven't been since only a couple of days after fully weaning my son. (Actually, I only pumped from the time that he was 2 months and on, because he started to prefer the bottle and didn't want anything to do with me, but it was still important to me that he receive breast milk)

I don't feel any lumps, and I can't really determine where the pain is located.

Thanks for your input!!

[lynn P.]

I breastfed my two girls as well. I got some pain when the milk was coming down, if they were engorged or if there was a breast infection. How long has it been since you last had milk? I don't think it's anything to worry about, but I would still mention it to your doctor. I also pumped once my girls stopped taking from the breast - what devotion we have! I had several problems with breast infections - so painful. Breast feeding was one of the best experiences of my life.

[loveregardless]

I was engorged like no one I've ever spoken with. I would get 12 ounces at a time when I pumped. And that continued on until my son was almost 4 months old, it didn't stop after a few days like they said it would. Which was the reason I started pumping in the first place and ever introduced a bottle at all. He was using me as a pacifier and I had my mother and husband constantly making me feel like every time he cried it was because he was hungry, so I'd try, and sure enough, he wasn't, and my breasts thought that meant they needed to make more, and well... you get the idea.

I only breast fed for about 2 months before I got thrush (so did the baby), inter-ductal thrush at that, EXTREMELY painful. (shutter) I quit breast feeding while I was taking medication so that we wouldn't keep passing it back and forth, and once I tried to get him back on, he wasn't having it. So I pumped for about 4 months. WITH A HAND PUMP. I started introducing formula around 4 months, and slowly pumped less and less until he was almost 6 months when I stopped completely. (Because my 3rd hand pump broke and I thought I was getting carpal-tunnel, lol. I took it as a sign that it was just time to stop.)

My son is 7 1/2 months now, so it's been at least a full month 1/2 since I had any milk at all. The pain just had me freaked out, and when I tried to google it I just found info about general breast pain, which everything I read said was normal and comes and goes for a good amount of women. But I didn't find anything about whether or not it was connected to having recently breast fed.

[lynn P.]

First of all God bless you for your devotion - amazing what we endure for our children. My girls were both premature 7 weeks early so they were slackers with breast feeding, but sometimes they got it. Both my girls had to stay in the hospital with out me, so I would pump and bring it to the hospital. With my 1st daughter, would you believe I pumped for 1 yr - for the same reason you did. My girls all very healthy and rarely had ear infections. Luckily for me I had an electric pump. I feel bad you had to use the hand pump. I think I remember reading that sometimes you can get a plugged(hardened milk duct) after breast feeding. Are there any breast feeding help lines -they might be able to tell you. Please do have it checked out by a doctor. It's nice to talk to you because I never had anyone to talk about breast feeding before except doctors.

[sunrise]

Several times when I was nursing, I had a pain in my breast that didn't go away and each time it turned out to be mastitis--a breast infection. It cleared up with antibiotics. Hot compresses also helped. Please go to your doctor and have it checked out.

One of my daughters also got an infected breast--she was only about 13 years old (and not nursing). In her case, it turned out she had a cyst in her breast, and she got treatment from our doctor

Weird stuff can happen in breasts! I hope you will get checked out soon.