Help please!!

Hi all...

This is my first posting here, but I recognize a lot of you from mkp.
I hope all the moms and babies are doing great! I'm looking for
advice now...I had a skin breakout on my areola, accompanied by a long
crack at the base of the nipple itself. Now everytime DS sucks, the
crack opens and feels like the nipple is tearing away from the areola.
I've been using a prescription all-purpose nipple ointment to clear
up hte skin breakout, which worked. And I've been using a pure
lanolin on the nipple and areola. But I can't get the crack to heal.
What can I do?

Thanks.
L.A.

"L.A.Power" wrote in message
om...
Hi all...

This is my first posting here, but I recognize a lot of you from mkp.
I hope all the moms and babies are doing great! I'm looking for
advice now...I had a skin breakout on my areola, accompanied by a long
crack at the base of the nipple itself. Now everytime DS sucks, the
crack opens and feels like the nipple is tearing away from the areola.
I've been using a prescription all-purpose nipple ointment to clear
up hte skin breakout, which worked. And I've been using a pure
lanolin on the nipple and areola. But I can't get the crack to heal.
What can I do?

Thanks.
L.A.

Try putting some of your milk on the cracked area before you apply the
lanolin. You might also want to consider buying some breast shields in order
to protect your nipple from being rubbed by anything. I found the worst
culprit was my nipple getting stuck to my bras/breast pads and having to
pull them off aggravated the area even more. The breast shields worked great
for me.

Nadene

L.A.,

Could it be thrush?

Larry

L.A.Power writes:
: Hi all...

: This is my first posting here, but I recognize a lot of you from mkp.
: I hope all the moms and babies are doing great! I'm looking for
: advice now...I had a skin breakout on my areola, accompanied by a long
: crack at the base of the nipple itself. Now everytime DS sucks, the
: crack opens and feels like the nipple is tearing away from the areola.
: I've been using a prescription all-purpose nipple ointment to clear
: up hte skin breakout, which worked. And I've been using a pure
: lanolin on the nipple and areola. But I can't get the crack to heal.
: What can I do?

: Thanks.
: L.A.

Let it air dry.
I had major nipple cracks during the first 10 days after DD was born and the
worst cracks were at the base of the nipple. Every time I nursed I felt like
the nipple was going to tear off....
Put some breastmilk and let it air dry. If you can, stay shirtless, braless
for longer periods and apply breast milk every 30 minutes to the cracks....
That's how I healed my cracks in just a week....

FayeC

"L.A.Power" wrote in message
om...
Hi all...

This is my first posting here, but I recognize a lot of you from mkp.
I hope all the moms and babies are doing great! I'm looking for
advice now...I had a skin breakout on my areola, accompanied by a long
crack at the base of the nipple itself. Now everytime DS sucks, the
crack opens and feels like the nipple is tearing away from the areola.
I've been using a prescription all-purpose nipple ointment to clear
up hte skin breakout, which worked. And I've been using a pure
lanolin on the nipple and areola. But I can't get the crack to heal.
What can I do?

Thanks.
L.A.

L.A.Power wrote:

Now everytime DS sucks, the
crack opens and feels like the nipple is tearing away from the areola.

I had that. I found that if I could get her latch *perfect*
(as opposed to pretty good), it was more tolerable. I tried
lots of lanolin for awhile, and breastmilk and air-drying
for awhile, and I'm not really sure which was better. It
took 2-3 weeks to heal to the point where it didn't tear
open every time she nursed, and another 2-3 weeks to stop
being sore, but it did get better.

Phoebe