Let's talk about our nipples

JessHy2012

I'm up to a 38JJ now and I hope they don't get any bigger!!!! They also hurt like an SOB today....I stood in the shower for 40 minutes under hot water just to get relief!

sfgiantsgamerbabe

NatureLovers said:

bwall84 said:

I was a 34 DDD before pregnancy and I bought a 38 G sports bra yesterday. I was measuring a 38 F a few weeks ago but I went bigger so I had some room to grow. The 38 G actually fits well. My areolas are HUGE. They're like dinner plates.

I also have dinner plate nips. It's way too National Geographic for my taste!

ETA: My hubby is kind of enthralled by them though, lol.

lol Even my DH says they're too big and he's a boob man! He calls them bajumbalas. And no pics

Stargirlb

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robsbabygirl08

I had to go to the bathroom while shopping today and take off my shirt and bra for a few minutes because my left nipple was killing me!!!!

cabbeeby

LaBellaVida said:

Coconut oil. Also, just a tip to get your nipples ready for feeding. I usually do it 4 to 6 weeks before baby comes is to scrub your nipples every time your in the shower with a loofah or something. It kind of toughens them up. I noticed it worked and the pain was tolerable once baby got here.

This sounds like buckets of fun.  I can't wait!!

Edvent

I've for dark dinner plates going on here too and I get shabby pain from time to time.

Last time when I was nursing DD my right side produced way more than the left (still not good production, but a noticeable difference) and looked twice as big. I'm not leaking or anything yet, but they're already very lopsided. So I've got lopsided tits with dark dinner plate nips, totally hot I know!

GromMom

IMHO you don't have to scrub your nips to prepare.  I didn't do anything to prepare and while it was painful it's not nearly as painful as having DS try to latch onto sensitive pregnancy nipples now.  I would save yourself the effort and just go with the flow when it's time, but that's just me.

The worst pain has to be when DS grabs me in the boob because he wants to nurse, he's actually grabbed and folded my nipple in half while trying to wrench it from my shirt when I didn't want to nurse at the moment.  

I just think that scrubbing already sensitive nipples isn't the greatest pasttime and you'll get over the painful phase while breastfeeding, why torture yourself for 6 weeks beforehand?

NatureLovers

Yeah, I've heard toughening up your nipples is not necessary and doesn't really work.

longcat07

re: toughening up your nipples...my mother told me to lay braless in the sun.  i was like...WTF?  didn't do it.  haha.

mine have definitely gotten larger and the tips are darker/purplish pink, but the areolas are still pretty pale.  and the itching, omg.  they're not dry or cracked, but they itch like mad.

Stephij1

I love me some coconut oil for itchy nips! I've always preferred it to lanolin, even while BF my DD.