Blur Breast

Fissures have healed. And for one and a half days (Monday and Tuesday), the nipples looked nice and smooth without any redness or soreness. But yesterday, despite all the moisturising and the calendula cream, the red rash was back, the flaking was back. Its been like this ding-donging to and fro for months - healed for a day and then back again to square one.

As for the plugged duct, massaged and expressed like mad on Monday and the fever went away. The milk was yellowish and salty at first (definitely signs of a plugged duct and borderline infection) but the more I got the flow going, it changed to whitish and became sweeter. And because the nipples seemed better, I allowed the milk monster to have his nen-nen in the early morning and sporadically on Tuesday - so I guess he also helped clear it. But there is still residual redness on the upper quadrant and some soreness. The milk expressed from the affected pore today looks clear and normal, tastes normal.

Also, seem to have discovered a galactocele beneath the areola - shifting form like a bunch of tiny grapes - when the breast is full, it swells up (probably with milk) and when gently pressed, milk slowly balloons from one of the pores. The milk from there is cool, clear like water and incredibly sweet. Yum.