3 friggin weeks

ReeseM

destroyed nipples, and 3 weeks of nursing in severe pain.... and FINALLY dd seems to be getting her latch right. She was obviously latching waaaay too shallow. I did everything I could think of to fix it.

Did her mouth just get bigger or what? Whatever, it feels so much better, now my nips just need to heal and maybe I can stop wanting to cry just thinking about nursing her

kcl22

IMO a lot of it is indeed how big their mouths are.  I had to do the 'sandwich' (pinch about an inch away from my nipple for him to get enough in his mouth) to get him latched on correctly.  And I would often latch / unlatch / relatch a couple times before it felt right.

Hang in there, I had a horrible beginning and week 5/6 it TOTALLY out of the blue stopped hurting!  It'll get better!!

divakotka

Oh Reese, I feel for you! We are in the same boat. I am wracking my brain every single day and trying everything I can think of to make nursing more comfortable. I am hoping that sometime soon (hopefully before the 3-week growth spurt), this pain will go away. 

Did your DD pinch a lot? I know for us that is part of the problem, especially when my boobs are too full. I have a letdown before he even latches on! 

Also, how is the initial latch-on pain now? 

I do think a lot of it has to do with them getting bigger and literally outgrowing some of the issues. That was the case with DS1. It took a long 8 weeks but after that it was smooth sailing!

smj2301

divakotka:

Oh Reese, I feel for you! We are in the same boat. I am wracking my brain every single day and trying everything I can think of to make nursing more comfortable. I am hoping that sometime soon (hopefully before the 3-week growth spurt), this pain will go away. 

Did your DD pinch a lot? I know for us that is part of the problem, especially when my boobs are too full. I have a letdown before he even latches on! 

Also, how is the initial latch-on pain now? 

I do think a lot of it has to do with them getting bigger and literally outgrowing some of the issues. That was the case with DS1. It took a long 8 weeks but after that it was smooth sailing!

This is SO true! 

OP - the first 2-4 weeks are the worst and then like PP said, by 5-6 weeks it's like someone flips a switch and it doesn't hurt anymore.  Hang in there :-)

amyWI

I can relate! Finally at week 5 we are doing better.  Hang in there!  using lanolin on my nipples helps.

sarahandeddiejune212008

I was the same way at 3 weeks, but around the 4th week it stopped hurting.  Now it is so easy.  It does get better with time.  GL!

JBear1005

Oh those first couple weeks are so painful.  Right around 6 weeks everything changed and there was no pain at all.  Now he'll slip down to the nipple when he's falling asleep and I cant believe I made it that long with my nipples feeling like that. 

ReeseM

divakotka:

Oh Reese, I feel for you! We are in the same boat. I am wracking my brain every single day and trying everything I can think of to make nursing more comfortable. I am hoping that sometime soon (hopefully before the 3-week growth spurt), this pain will go away. 

Did your DD pinch a lot? I know for us that is part of the problem, especially when my boobs are too full. I have a letdown before he even latches on! 

Also, how is the initial latch-on pain now? 

I do think a lot of it has to do with them getting bigger and literally outgrowing some of the issues. That was the case with DS1. It took a long 8 weeks but after that it was smooth sailing!

She doesn't pinch now, but did for a while when my letdown was so fast. 

The initial pain is like 75% better just today!! I am so happy. 

I was never going to give up, but I just kept hoping each day would be better. I used a shield with DD1 cause she wouldn't latch without it, and I still had a ton of pain, so this was just 100000 times worse. 

Thank goodness, cause DD has been nursing ALL.DAY.LONG.