Am a bit of a mumsnet lurker but thought I'd post about my experience as I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I've had a hard time BF my little dude as he has a super shallow latch, which was originally caused by a tongue tie that was only discovered at 8 weeks. Due to this BF was agony!
From about 3 weeks we've been using nipple shields and they have completely saved BF for us. Although the tongue tie has now been fixed he's rather set in his ways and I don't think we'll be able to stop using them.
I've now accepted this to be the case and have actually begun to have a much more positive relationship with my nipple shields. They may be a bit of a faff but we wouldn't be here without them! I think it's a bit of a shame they have such a bad rep, particularly as it may stop people using them and lead to
people giving up.
What are other people's experience of using them? Anybody else using them on a long term basis? It would be nice to hear from some fellow nipple shielded ladies! We're at 13 weeks and counting!
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Isittimeforwineyet · 17/07/2016 12:17
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