When did yours go away?

Jamaicanlove · August 2009

I'm still having a lot of pain when my LO nurses. ?She's been nursing for a bit over a week now. ?For those of you who went through this, when did it stop hurting for you? ?I've already checked with a LC and my LO is latching on correctly. ?I feel like giving up and exclusively pumping. ?I tried it yesterday but it was so inconvenient having to pump every 3 hours in 30 min. sessions and then clean the breast pump and bottles, then feed baby. ?I'm thinking of going back to nursing today but dread the pain...

tmp-214118062502913 · August 2009

You won't want to hear my response... it will take a while. May be a week, maybe five. It seems at the time it will be an eternity...

... but do know it gets to the point where it is enjoyable. Stick it out. My daughter turned 7 months this weekend and there is nothing better in the world than that first nursing of the morning. She is all sleepy and sweet, it doesn't hurt at ALL, in fact it feels good and it's a special bonding moment.

It hurt... for a couple of weeks. But I promised myself to get to six weeks and if it still sucked I could quit. By time I got to six weeks I forgot that pact I made with myself.

Good luck!

MrsAmers · August 2009

Somewhere between 2 and 4 weeks. I don't remember exactly, but I remember noticing at our 1 month appointment that there wasn't any discomfort anymore. Nursing is so easy once you get past the annoyances of the first few weeks!

aorgad · August 2009

It took me about 4 weeks to get over the pain and 6 weeks to two months to really get the whole thing down. But stick with it - I ended up express pumping for 2 months (4-6) for a bunch of other reasons and for just the reasons you described, it's AWFUL! That said, if BFing is making you and the baby miserable...you do what you have to do. Happy, unstressed mom and baby is the most important thing! Good luck!

DEBBIE33CASEY · August 2009

EP is a lot of worth- but I coudln't stand the pain either (although LO had a bad latch). If nursing is something you really want to do i'd try to stick with it, but don't let ie stress you out so much that you don't enjoy motherhood- that's where it got for me. So I went to EP so I could enjoy LO again.

*KC*luvs*RJ* · August 2009

I'll let you know when it stops hurting! It's so worth it, but the pain is horrible. It's worse in my left breast, for some reason, so I'm going to call a LC about using a nipple shield on that breast. Good luck! I hope it stops hurting you soon!

Lotte134 · August 2009

About 3-4 weeks, I think - it's tough, but hang in there!

Soon2BMrsN · August 2009

Consistent pain went away around week 3-4. I still have days where my nips are more sensitive than others... usually after DS has done a lot of cluster feeding. Are you using lanolin after each feeding? I couldn't live without that stuff!

princesmeli · August 2009

mine took 6-8 weeks to be completely painless. Even now, it still hurts a little when she cluster feeds. I EP for about 2 weeks because it hurt so much (weeks 3-5). Good luck and don't give up. Even if you EP for a while always try to put the baby to nurse again.

houndbaby · August 2009

I think it was 4-6 weeks before it was pain free. Now there is no discomfort at all.

relros · August 2009

About 4 weeks. When it got really bad, I used a nipple shield on and off. My LO did well switching back and forth between the shield and the nipple, but some don't.

It gets better and when it does, it is really nice and totally worth it.