@northwoodsmomma I exclusively pumped for 15 mths with my daughter and it happened a fair amount. There was no way I was going to go to the Dr for it when I could fix it myself. I talked to a lactation consultant and she is actually the one who told me about it.

@mct, that is called a milk bleb. It is recommended to see a doctor before trying to pop your milk blister by yourself. Other forms of treatment are: Epsom salt soaks, hot compresses, and lightly removing the epidermis covering the plugged pore.

Dangle nurse! Works every time! Get on all fours and lay baby underneath you to feed.

Get on all four boil some water till it warm but not super hot dip ya boobs in the water for ten min the try to pump this works with or with out water the gravity pull will release the milk

Okay this is going to sound horrible and disgusting. I would get a hard white plug that would block the end of my duct, sometimes it was deep and hard to see but there was always one whenever I had a plugged duct. If you take the nipple and inspect it very closely you should be able to find it. You have to squeeze it almost like popping a pimple to work it out. Usually once I got it out the nipple would just start spraying milk so have a bottle handy to catch the milk in. It's very painful and while pressure will be relieved you are still going to be sore for awhile.

Have baby nurse from it , I put warm compressors on it I would heat them in the microwave and put them on my boob