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is nipple blanching always a sign of bad latch / positioning??

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Spink · 23/01/2009 21:34

my nipple goes white in the centre, after dd finishes a feed. no pain on feeding, but have had probs before. is it a sign that something is wrong?
dd is 2 weeks old..

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Marthasmama · 23/01/2009 21:50

I have read that when you have a strong let down, your LO will bend your nipple over to stop chocking a slow the flow. Does your DD chock a bit on your milk sometimes? Mine does and I always get that white bit. Nothing to worry about as my DD is nearly 4 months and feeding is fine.

Marthasmama · 23/01/2009 21:52

Ha ha ha! Clearly I meant choking and choke! Had a bad week and am very tired!!

ToAMountainDAISYcal · 23/01/2009 22:00

It could be due to circulatory issues, but is mostly down to positioning/latch.

Some information here

Spink · 23/01/2009 22:13

Marthasmama - I almost always drown her because my let down is a bit full on, so maybe it is that.. poor little lady!!

Toamountain - I'll have a proper read of that later, thank you looks very very useful

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