my baby is a week old. She latched on immediately, unlike my first daughter, but she had a super strong suck and it felt like pins were being stuck into my nipples each time she fed. Also she feeds for about 45 mins every 3 to 4 hours but she wants to comfort suck about half an hour after finishing feeding. I offer the breast after the 45 min feed once I have winded her but she is not interested so I feel that I have satisfied her hunger.
I resolved the bleeding nipples by putting Kamillosan on them, giving her formula for a day and using nipple shields but now one of my nipples seem flat and I haven't been able to latch her on without the nipple shield. I have tried expressing some before trying to latch her on but that doesn't work. My midwife thinks that using sheilds could lead to "nipple confusion".
I am adamant that I would like to bf for as long as possible, I stopped at 5 months with first child and only because her rate of weight gain was very slow. I don't know why something so simple throws up so many dilemmas. Any tips?
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margo1974 · 21/12/2006 00:16
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