Iris427

JessicaG56

I saw ur post about the breastfeeding...so I had quite a bit of trouble with both of my sons bf. Like horrible, bleeding pain. I ended up giving up on the latch part and did pumping. I at my sons 3 yr dentist check up was told he could be midly tongue tied. Did ur daughter get better I assume since u stayed with it or did you get it repaired? Just found that interesting that u dealt with the same issue! So frustrating as a new mom not knowing what you are doing wrong to only find out 3'yrs later why

iris427

I think my daughter basically outgrew it.  I had a horrible time breastfeeding her for the first month or so--my nipples would get blood-filled blisters and they felt like someone had poured acid on them (I hope none of the first timers are reading this LOL).  

I saw the hospital LCs and went to La Leche League and all I got was "yep she's latched right, the pain will go away in a few days."  But it didn't go away for weeks and I was so frustrated and upset.  I kept thinking there must be something wrong with me. I was so stubborn that I just got through it until it got better.  But I can absolutely see why someone else would have decided to pump or use formula instead.  I think I was a bit insane to go through all that! 

Now at least I know for this time to have my kid's tongue checked out and get it clipped if they have a tongue tie.  So hopefully I won't be suffering so much this time around.

JessicaG56

yES SAME THING HERE!!! I would get bloody and I would break out into a sweat and cry when i thought about feeding him! It was horrible! I stopped when i found myself thinking bad thoughts about hurting him when he hurt me. That was just way too much for a new mom! I did try the latching consultant we have here at work and she said the same thing. I have a ton of milk when it comes In and she said that basically my breast don't give them a shape to latch to and I am choking them..nice! It was really hard to try to work at it with my second bc u have ur first running around! I really hope with this little girl we have a better time! I have always heard girls are a little easier then boys

knicoletti

::Sorry, butting in::

Oh.Dear.God.
I am not looking forward this...  I am so nervous for eveything that can go wrong in trying to BF.  I just hope I can do it.