My nipples have been sore for a couple of weeks, dry skin, flaky, and now there is some occasional bleeding and cracks opening up which look red raw inside. The pain isn't too bad, but obviously this isn't right and I want it to stop and get better before it gets any worse.
One boob is always a bit worse, so I use the other one more for a day or two then the bad one switches sides which is very annoying and tricky to balance.
I am using Lansinoh and also applying drops of bm to the nipple, also trying to keep them out in the air as much as possible. HOwever when DD spies boobies she gets all excited and crawl sprints over and climbs on me so I can only keep them out in the evening or for a bit during naps.
Anyone got any clues about this??? I'm trying to pump a bit to keep supply going and also to give her more milk from a cup, but she loves the boobie snuggles, plus pumping hurts when I have cracks as it stretches them too.
I'm not ready to give up bf but more importantly nor is DD.
I went to my bf support cafe and they said my latch looked fine and advised me to try nipple shields - I'm sure you can imagine how shields went down with a 10mo boob monster who bottle and dummy refused! She bawled in anguish, lots. I tried a couple more times and same result.
So I'm a bit stuck.
I think she might have a bit of a shallow latch, but the bf supporter said it was fine, and I do try and force her to take a bit mouthful of boob, but the two times in the last fortnight I've fed her at ~4am (she normally sleeps through) when she's been sleepy have been the worse feeds, I think her latch was extra lazy then, so no more 4am feeds even if she wakes!
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Sore cracked nipples, 10 mo, bf cafe can't help, any ideas?
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KikiShack · 20/08/2014 08:10
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