03/14/2026
If you’ve ever had mastitis (or are just want to be prepared in case it happens), check out this informative post and excellent visual from • .nutrition :
We were once taught to use a vi****or on our breasts, and hard pressure to help “push the clog out” ❌☠️
But clogged ducts are INFLAMMATION of the milk ducts…there’s no “clog” to get out
🚫so we don’t want to cause more inflammation by being rough with our breasts
✅We want to be GENTLE with our breasts! You might feel like you’re not even doing anything with such light pressure, but you are!
✅Then when you gentlyyyy add in some breast gymnastics (gentlyyyy moving your breasts around) while simultaneously doing gentle strokes, that’s where the true magic happens ✨
You’re working with your lymphatic system to reduce inflammation and this can help so much with engorgement, clogged ducts and even mastitis.
if you want my full mastitis protocol which is a mixture of the current Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine protocol plus my nutrition recommendations comment “mastitis sucks” or check out my highlight “Mastitis/clogs”
and if you want customized breastfeeding support and even preventing issues in the future, my team would love to help you virtually!
Now I want you to grab a food scale and tell me how many grams you’ve been using of pressure on your breasts 😅 (shout out to for this analogy at her lactation conference)
