Some info needed please.....

alanalea

Hi all,
i'm sorry if this is in the wrong section, please feel free to move it.

Anyway here goes:
I've got a baby girl of 5 months old. Since birth she has always had a very slightly larger right breast, not really noticeble but there.

During the last couple of days, i've noticed that the breast is quite a bit larger than the other one, With quite a solid little lump underneath. It doesn't cause her any discomfort or pain when i touch it. The left breast hasn't got a lump.

Could this be anything to do with teething? Shes cut her first tooth last week and her 2nd is nearly there. I don't breast feed so it can't be my hormones going into her.

I've got a appointment with the dr on friday, but i just wanted to put my mind at rest about this, as i've got a family history of breast cancer. I've tried googling but it doesn't come up with anything.

Thanks for reading,
Lea x

Jay-Jay_4

I remember both of mine having little 'buds' underneath their nipples. They went eventually but I distinctly remember wondering if they were normal at the time.

alanalea

Jay-Jay wrote:

I remember both of mine having little 'buds' underneath their nipples. They went eventually but I distinctly remember wondering if they were normal at the time.

Did they have little buds under both or just one? How long did they take to go?

Thanks Jay-Jay

Karnam

my girl has them too. the midwife at the hospital said it was the hormones from pregnancy but they havent gone...

but im breast feeding so that prob explains my girl's buds

Jay-Jay_4

I vividly remember both of my daughters having what felt like peas under their skin. With the youngest, one was bigger than the other, can't remember when they went I just noticed one day that they weren't there.

I was breastfeeding too so maybe it was something to do with that. I know that baby boys and girls are born with them (from the Mums hormones) so I don't know whether my daughter's would have gone away any earlier if I hadn't breastfed.

I honestly wouldn't worry about it, especially as you're seeing the doc on Friday.

kiwichick

Karnam wrote:

my girl has them too. the midwife at the hospital said it was the hormones from pregnancy but they havent gone...

Yep, my eldest had this too. I was told by my midwife that after birth a baby girl has a huge amount of hormones in her system which can cause these lumps. It can even cuase a newborn to have a small period and have a milky substance come from her breasts.

My daughters lumps(she had them both sides) hadnt completely gone until shewas 8 months old.

HTH,
Al.