I've been EBF DS, who's now 3 months. We had a rocky start because he was full of mucus for the first few days and didn't want to feed and then it turned out that he had a posterior tongue tie, which was snipped at 6 week.
Feeding is incredibly painful. DS chews and clamps down while feeding, and it feels like my nipple is being sliced with a knife during the whole feed. Afterwards my nipples are raw red, cracked and misshapen and I have shooting pains in my breasts most of the time.
I'm feeding on demand, which is about ever hour and a half, as DS throws up quite a bit, so it's quite a lot to cope with.
I've asked for help from two NHS breastfeeding nurses, two private lactation consultants, two cranial osteopaths, my heath visitor, a bra-fitter(!) and my GP. I've been told repeatedly that there's nothing wrong with his latch, which looks fine from the outside.
The GP thought it might be thrush (although neither of us have symptoms) and said that DS's tongue is short. The thrush cream and DS's medicine haven't helped.
I've used lanolin and 'nipple butter', nipple shields and tried expressing (DS can't/won't use bottle).
DH is very supportive and is doing everything he can to help me, but I'm just feeling so low about it all. Thankfully, DS is thriving in spite of it all.
Any advice would be really appreciated.
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chimptastic · 29/04/2013 13:31
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