Now that you are finally using your breasts for their other biological purpose, (ask any anthropologist: they exist to attract a mate) you need to be aware of the pitfalls of breastfeeding:
The breast is a collection of milk sacs attached to ducts that empty at the nipple.
Sometimes these ducts become blocked, and the milk backs up in the sacs, causing moderately painful lumps.
Breast lumps that develop during nursing are almost always the result of blocked ducts and are completely benign.
They resolve with proper care, which essentially involves allowing the milk to flow. Massaging the area helps.
A tight bra may put too much pressure on a duct, adding to the problem.
More effective is allowing the baby to nurse from the affected side and then emptying the breast with a pump afterward if baby has not done so.
If s important to empty the sac, because breast milk feeds bacteria, too. Any germs that strike this mother lode will grow like wildfire and develop into an infection.
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