Hi
I'm pregnant with my 5th I have breastfed all my other babies for about 1 week and had to stop due to excruciating pain in my nipples. Midwives have checked and told me the latch was fine but I'd end up with bleeding sore nipples and blisters. I've read that it's common for breastfeeding to be toe curling painful in the first couple of weeks and to persevere.
It was so bad last time that I was in agony and dreading feeds and crying and trying to stop feeding before the baby was ready to finish the feed just to stop the pain
I always ended up switching to formula feeding. I really want to try this time to at least bf for a month!
Does anyone have any tips on whether that kind of pain is normal and what I can do to help or limit pain? Is it just a case of bearing through it?
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flossyfloss · 05/07/2017 21:10
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