Keeping Mastitis Away...Help Needed

For two days now I have had large lumps in my left breast. Having had mastitis before I know to get serious about preventing it.

Out came the hot rice sock, the hot showers "combing" the breast, the massages followed and I've upped the pumping and breastfeeding.

I've even breastfed in the middle of the night when I've been woken up by the pain in my breast.

So far, I've kept mastitis at bay, BUT, I can't get these lumps out.

It's very uncomfortable even holding the baby on that side as he pushes up against my breast.

I'm pretty sure this was brought on by a milk blister on my nipple which caused a backup/clog in the duct.

The nipple was pierced with a needle a couple of days ago and it is healing now, painful, but healing.

I feel like I'm doing everything I know to do, but it's not going away. It hasn't gotten worse, but it hasn't gotten better either.

Advice?

Magic Titty is Broken

It was a very normal routine last night:

• breast feed at 4:30pm
• bath at 5:15pm
• bottle of BM at 5:30pm (yes, we try to fatten them up like foie gras in the evening)
• in bed by 6pm

I pumped at 7pm, didn't get as much as usual, but thought nothing of it.

Ate dinner, took a shower and went to bed at 8:30pm.

Boys woke up at 11pm (they usually wake up anywhere between 10-11pm)

Gave them a formula bottle, got up to pump.

While pumping, again noticed I didn't get nearly as much as usual.

Got back into bed and realized the magic titty on the right was broken.

As in HUGE and FULL of lumps and PAINFUL.

Back out to the living room and Dr. Google.

Self Diagnosis is Clogged Milk Duct.

Crap. Apply ice while researching cures.

Took a midnight hot shower and massaged broken magic titty.

Felt marginally better and went back to bed.

Woke up again at 2:30am, nursed them both on the broken titty and had to run and get a backup bottle as not enough was coming out.

Pumped again, applied ice.

Repeated the same thing in the morning, breast feed, pump, hot shower, massage.

This time I got out the heating pad and laid down with it for an hour.

Then when it was time to feed them again, I massaged the broken titty as I fed them.

It hurts SO bad. It's huge and lumpy and engorged. It hurts to raise my arm. I can't lift a baby without major pain. I am out of commission today and trying to let HN and Chicken do everything while I breast feed, pump and rest.

I am getting a little less than an ounce every time I pump on that side and the baby does stay on for about 5 minutes before becoming frustrated, so I know something is coming out, but not much.

Any words of advice? Anything else I could/should be doing? How long to expect this to last?

My boys want their magic titty back soon.