Since day 2 I have had sore nipples which became cracked after a few days. I persevered and for no apparent reason the pain begab to subside at about 4 weeks and the cracks looked like they were getting shallower, but in the last week the pain is back and the cracks are getting worse again. Everyone says DD2's latch is good, alhough the HV came out yesterday to watch her feed (she refused to feed and slept all morning instead, grrr, so hv didn't actually see her feed) and suggested that maybe DD2's latch isn't deep enough. I've been trying to get DD2 to latch on deeper but she just won't open her mouth any wider. Any tips? I'm so disappointed, I thought after all the initial pain, mastitis etc we were getting somewhere, but clearly we aren't. DH isn't really that supportive.
I tried nipple shields but DD won't feed with them. Tried tonnes of lansinoh, vaseline, kamillosan etc, rugby latch instead of cradle, using cushion, not using cushion...
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6 weeks in and nipples are still cracked and painful, bfing hurts...
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MadMonkeys · 04/11/2012 13:28
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