So sore update

I kept on trying to feed Erin. I rang the La Leche League for advice. Until
Erin grows and can open her mouth wider this problem doesn't have a magic
cure. She is trapping my nipple against her hard pallet.

I did buy a mini-electric which isn't enough for full time pumping so am
renting a hospital grade pump from them and will pump every feed. Once
soreness has healed will breastfeed Erin for some of the feeds.

I have never felt pain so bad, even Lansinoh isn't helping. I have a huge
crack in each nipple, I couldn't bear the pain anymore and I have a high
pain tolerance.

Andrea feeling sad but never giving up.

Deep sympathy, BTDT. Here are a few things I remember:

- for me, pumping didn't help: the pump action was if anything worse for
the cracks than breastfeeding (and I couldn't let down well for the pump,
so wasn't getting enough to pump instead of feeding; come to think of it,
perhaps if I had let down it would have been less painful)

- ibuprofen helped a bit

- those gel pads that you chill helped a bit

- it did eventually heal!!

Good luck,

Sidheag
DS Colin Oct 27 2003

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:36:41 GMT, "Andrea S"
wrote:

I kept on trying to feed Erin. I rang the La Leche League for advice. Until
Erin grows and can open her mouth wider this problem doesn't have a magic
cure. She is trapping my nipple against her hard pallet.

You poor thing! In between your nipples healing and her mouth growing
bigger, would nipple shields help? Or pumping a bit off, so that the
boob at least is smaller?
--
Linz
YB: 2 years, 11.5kg, 83cm, still breastfed.

Andrea S wrote:
I kept on trying to feed Erin. I rang the La Leche League for advice. Until
Erin grows and can open her mouth wider this problem doesn't have a magic
cure. She is trapping my nipple against her hard pallet.

I did buy a mini-electric which isn't enough for full time pumping so am
renting a hospital grade pump from them and will pump every feed. Once
soreness has healed will breastfeed Erin for some of the feeds.

I have never felt pain so bad, even Lansinoh isn't helping. I have a huge
crack in each nipple, I couldn't bear the pain anymore and I have a high
pain tolerance.

Make sure you don't have thrush. With DD2 I had horribly cracked nipples
and she had an OK latch. Once I started treating for thrush, I was pain
free within a couple of days and the nipples healed up quick

Mary W.

"Andrea S" wrote in message
. uk...
I kept on trying to feed Erin. I rang the La Leche League for advice. Until
Erin grows and can open her mouth wider this problem doesn't have a magic
cure. She is trapping my nipple against her hard pallet.

I did buy a mini-electric which isn't enough for full time pumping so am
renting a hospital grade pump from them and will pump every feed. Once
soreness has healed will breastfeed Erin for some of the feeds.

I have never felt pain so bad, even Lansinoh isn't helping. I have a huge
crack in each nipple, I couldn't bear the pain anymore and I have a high
pain tolerance.

How are you planning on giving her the EBM? Keep in mind that nipple
confusion is a possibility before 4 weeks old and your babe is only days
old. Giving her a bottle could potentially lead to even more problems.

Andrea S wrote:

I have never felt pain so bad, even Lansinoh isn't helping. I have a huge
crack in each nipple, I couldn't bear the pain anymore and I have a high
pain tolerance.

For me, that equalled a staph infection in my nipples...

I also used a hospital grade pump for the first few weeks of DS's life
to get him milk while I healed. People went on about 'nipple confusion'
which my lactation doctor told me happens, but far more infrequently
than I needed to be concerned. In my case, my son's latch improved
[recessive jaw] and he has no problem switching from bottle to breast.

You'll get through this, Andrea!

Jacqueline

I tip someone gave me, can't remember where, was wiggling your toes at the
start of a feed, something about changing the way you feel what is happening
to your body, if I get full, I tend to get wierd shaped bulges on my
nipples, expressing doesn't work, they just refill, so I just have to grit
my teeth and get on with it, the wiggling my toes thing really helps,
bizarre though it sounds!

Anne

"Plissken" wrote in message...

How are you planning on giving her the EBM? Keep in mind that nipple
confusion is a possibility before 4 weeks old and your babe is only days
old. Giving her a bottle could potentially lead to even more problems.

It's chance I have to take. She's milk in Haberman feeders. I have
successfully breastfed 5 children. These are no ordinary cracked nipples. I
can't just grit my teeth anymore, the pain gets worse, feels like I am being
stabbed in the nipple. The lactation specialist says no amount of
repositioning will help until Erin can fit more breast into her mouth. She
will be seeing a Cranio-osteopath soon.

I will give it my all, I am desperate to have her on my breast again, but
right now the pain is just too much.

Andrea.

"Mary W."

Make sure you don't have thrush. With DD2 I had horribly cracked nipples
and she had an OK latch. Once I started treating for thrush, I was pain
free within a couple of days and the nipples healed up quick

Mary W.


I have had thrush many times. In this case it's poor position due to the
size of my breasts, and Erin being unable to get enough in. Hopefully as
Erin gets bigger we can get around this. She clamps the nipple against her
hard palet rather than her soft because the nipple doesn't get to her soft
palet.

Andrea.

"Linz" wrote in message

You poor thing! In between your nipples healing and her mouth growing
bigger, would nipple shields help? Or pumping a bit off, so that the
boob at least is smaller?
--
Linz

I can't feed her at all now, I haven't tried nipple sheilds in years have
they improved any? Last time I found the painful area would be pulled
against the shield.

By persisting with the pain all I did was make it impossible to bear any
longer. Usually I can toughen up. I am pumping full time, then when healed
will feed her as many times as I can and stop before getting my nipples into
this state.

I am going crazy.. all I want to do is feed her myself. The best I can do is
know she is still 100% breastfed.

Andrea.