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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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"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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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"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. |
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"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. |
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"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. |
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