Dd is 14 days old. Had terrible trouble trying to get her to latch on from the beginning so have been using nipple shields with her and she seems to be getting plenty of milk. I also used nipple shields with ds for 9 months and they had no effect on my milk supply. Trouble is, one of my nipples is now very sore at the start of feeds and dd gets a nipple shield full of blood. It is getting worse:(. I'm scared I won't be able to carry on much longer. I can put up with the pain ut am scared the nipple will get infected or something? She obviously isn't positioned quite right but has such a small mouth that it's really tricky. She is pulling the underneath half of my nipple much further out than the top half if that makes sense. I wondered if she is positioned too low on my boob but have tried correcting it and but still bleeding:(. My nipple shields are quite tight around my nipples particularly the problem side. Do you think the shield might not be big enough? Got the medela large size being delivered but not coming til tomorrow. Has anyone got any ideas, please help? I really don't want to give up:(.
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Sore, bleeding nipple even with nipple shield. Help!
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Needsomewine · 13/09/2011 16:34
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