Any advice/experience appreciated!
Basically I've been breastfeeding for 2 weeks now and have had trouble getting the LO to latch properly on the left side - which in turn has led to him chewing some of the skin off my nipple (YOW) so I am now expressing on that side to try and give it a chance to heal up.
However - it does seem that he always struggles to get a decent latch on the left side and doesn't have that problem with the right. When I put him on the right, he'll happily latch himself on without any faffing from me. On the left I have to be extremely careful about how I put him on or it's agony and even when I get it right, he tends to shift about and come off more than he does on the right which is making it really difficult especially at night when I am bleary-eyed and bewildered and can't see very well what he's doing.
Has anyone else had this? I am wondering if there is something wrong with one of my norks :)
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Having trouble with one side and not the other!
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owlbooty · 03/09/2011 10:28
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