How cani heal them quickly & feed?
Been having latching issues since I gave birth on 10th may.
Thomas doesn't open his mouth wide, at least not long enough for me to get him positioned on my nipple correctly. Also got told by mw I have small flat nipples so he has to suck very hard on them & the bad latch aggravates it.
They are sore, and I think they're cracking as after a feed I get these bits that sort of peel off and then the bit that peeled gets a sort of dark patch on it which I'm guessing is a scab?
So my question is how can I heal them & keep feeding. I'm working on the latch & using some lanisoh samples the mw gave me but can I heal them quicker? Any tricks out there?
Thomas doesn't open his mouth wide, at least not long enough for me to get him positioned on my nipple correctly. Also got told by mw I have small flat nipples so he has to suck very hard on them & the bad latch aggravates it.
They are sore, and I think they're cracking as after a feed I get these bits that sort of peel off and then the bit that peeled gets a sort of dark patch on it which I'm guessing is a scab?
So my question is how can I heal them & keep feeding. I'm working on the latch & using some lanisoh samples the mw gave me but can I heal them quicker? Any tricks out there?
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have you tried Nipple shields? they sell them at boots they helped me sooooo much when i got really bad nipples from wee man.
Hope this helps x
Its normal to go through this after baby has started to feed. I hit a stage around 3 weeks and i suffered toe curling pain but i just got through it and it eventually gets easier. I used Lansinoh which is amazing and my doctor prescribed it. Also warm flannels helped.My doctor also prescribed something which looked like a small shredded wheat and it was coated in what seemed like vasaline.It stuck to my bra and it stopped the rubbing.Amazing things but i cant remember the name.It came in a packaging like a medi-wipe would come in.
Izzy has a poor latch but Thomas will just learn in a few weeks.It might not be his latch,it might just be that your boobs are getting use to feeding.
One thing i tell everyone breast feeding is do not get into the habit of getting him to sleep on the breast (when he is a bit older.) Izzy is 9 months and im still doing it.I have no other way of getting her to sleep unless we do the control crying which we have started to do.
Enjoy BF.
H
small/flat nipples arent really an inhibitor, as all babies can draw them out with the right latch.
try feeding in a differnt position t assit with latch.
and definitely lots of lansinoh, total godsend!