Ds is 9 days old. Feeds have been painful since the begining. sometimes it's painful for the first minute and then kind of ok unless he squirms about and changes the latch slightly. Sometimes, (mostly on the 'bad' side) it can be absolutely excruciating for the whole feed which means I either have to keep taking him off or if I still can't get it right just grit my teeth through the pain
I've seen a lactation consultant and she gave me plenty tips on how to get ds positioned properly and how to get him to tip his head back more. I've been putting the tips n to practice since last thurs but am still getting varying degrees of pain
My nipples have been blistered on and off and i've been using lansinoh and when not using that using silverette nipple healing cups. One nipple is still really sore although very slowly seems to be healing, the other is still a bit sore. The bad one kind of went white on the end, I think this was just dead/traumatised skin and is is slowly coming away in bits... I just want them to heal to give me a fighting chance, I know the pain is due to latch not always being perfect but if my nipples weren't so sore in the first place it'd help. Was the same with ds1 and I gave up at 5 weeks only to restart but never got my supply back fully and he ended up mix fed.
Seeing lactation consultant again today, am thoroughly miserable about it and dread/fear every feed, not sure how much longer I can carry on.
Please help