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Inverted nipples and breast feeding

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FeedMyFaceWithBattenberg · 29/06/2017 22:46

I'm 17 weeks pregnant and both my nipples are very inverted. The right slightly more than the left.
Does anyone have any experience of breast feeding with inverted nipples?
Thanks in advance :)

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EwanWhosearmy · 29/06/2017 22:58

I had really inverted nipples. I breastfed 4 babies for 15 months each and the last one for 4 years.

It takes a bit of perseverance with the initial latch but no reason why you can't breastfeed.

FeedMyFaceWithBattenberg · 30/06/2017 09:01

I'm wondering if if I can't get a proper latch, will be be able to express?

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ZestyLimeAndKiwi · 30/06/2017 10:59

Have you tried expressing using an electric pump? they are quite forceful Blush

FeedMyFaceWithBattenberg · 30/06/2017 13:24

Not yet, I have no baby yet (23 weeks to go!)
Or do you mean I should try before the baby comes?

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OhtoblazeswithElvira · 30/06/2017 13:27

I have practically flat nipples. I could only breastfeed with nipple shields, both DCs struggled with the latch and staying latched on (one of them had a tongue tie though). We BF for 1 year and 2 years respectively though so it wasn't an issue.

FeedMyFaceWithBattenberg · 30/06/2017 22:57

I don't actually have any nipples, just holes where they (the sticky out bit!) should be.
Is that flat nipples or inverted?!

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Imjustsaying · 07/08/2017 06:42

I have both inverted nipples and am currently 12 weeks into our breastfeeding journey. In the early days lo had jaundice and failed to latch so I pumped and gave to her in a bottle then about day 7 I used nipple shields and by day 10 she was taking from the breast. My nipples are hardly inverted anymore. One tip i found useful was to use a pump to withdraw the nipple prior to feeding if lo was finding latching hard Smile

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