Red raw nipples! Ouch ouch ouch!!!

[SarahScot]

Soooooo painful. When 7wk old DD latching on I swear I see stars. My nipples started feeling a bit bruised on Sunday and are now bright red and throbbing. The pain is definitely more like a bruise than anything else. We've had no problems with BFing until now. I went to the breastfeeding clinic at the maternity hospital yesterday and was told DDs latch is good. Have put lanisoh on today but don't know what else to do.

Any advice or ideas what's causing it?

OUCH!

Hello Dotty38,

Thank you for your advice - will go to the town and have a look..How silly of me to fill up my fridge with actimel :D

Sarah, my nipples are a bit similar to yours, but I thought they were like that because they were healing, as before the treatment they were really sore, cracked and sort of watery...Good luck and I hope they get better soon because I can imagine you can't wait to be ok again for your lil one!