I have a gorgeous 5 day year old daughter. She's wonderful . I am producing milk and I think she's getting a lot. At hospital I was told she was latching well and i had the positioning right etc. I have small nipples and breasts, not sure if that affects things or not. I feel like she is sucking fire from my nipples, especially for the first 15 seconds or so! It's enough that I scrunch up my face in pain or swear quietly. I have got some nipple shields (been using for 2 days now) and I think they're helping a tiny bit. The midwife at hospital said I might just have very sensitive nipples. No-one (that I know of) checked her for tongue tie but that wouldn't affect nipples would it? Her gum line is quite sharp looking ie you can see a bit of white where her teeth are not far under the surface but maybe all newborns have mouths like that?
Anyone else have a similar thing? Will it get better with time? I don't think I could keep this up for months but can do it for a while longer. Im not against formula feeding at all but if I can breast feed then I'd love to persevere. I'm using plenty of lanolin btw.
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5 day old - my nipples hurt sooo much!
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seven201 · 19/06/2016 11:06
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