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Pumping or nursing is the best way to allevite the clogged ducts, however that could have an undesirable effect as you are trying to dry up your supply.
Warm compresses and massaging the knot can help. But would work best while pumping to express the trapped milk.
If left untreated, you could develop an infection, known as mastitis - very painful, requires antibiotics and comes with flu like symptoms.View Thread

Do you add anything else to your coffee? Is there any thing else you eat when you have additional cups?
Also, does she just seem to have issues (grunting, etc) or are there actual issues, and when it finally comes out they are hard nuggets? If when she does have a bowel movement, the stools are normal and not hard nuggets, then she isn't constipated.
Good luck!View Thread

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