My baby is 8 days old, having 2 or 3 feeds (10-20 mins) then settling for 2 or 3 hours at a time. He's latching on fine as far as i can tell, i had two different midwives check it and they both said its ok. Unfortunately I'm getting agonising pain when he first latches on and starts sucking which gets bearable after a few seconds, and both nipples have got quite sore generally with a bit of bleeding in the past couple of days.
Altho i have read in lots of places that pain is only ever caused by a bad latch, i am convinced that he's latching on well and am just trying to get thru the sore nipple stage - how long did it take for others before it improved esp first timers? i am using lansinoh btw, not seeming to make a lot of difference. Also, can i give him the occasional bottle of EBM or is it too early/will it cause nipple confusion?
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Sore nipples - how long before it gets better?
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SilverSixpence · 19/07/2008 15:41
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