As you all know, the advice has not stopped since I told people I'm pregnant. Some good. Some bad. This just made me cringe....
A coworker told me a month before my due date I should get my nipples ready for breastfeeding... she went on to tell me she didn't do it with her first and breastfeeding hurt so bad. But she did it with the next two and no pain. She told me to get them ready by taking a NAIL FILE to them!!! And if this hurt too much to use an old towel and "rough them up" AHHH!
Anyone heard of this? Anyone DONE this? Can I go back to her and tell her to stop making sh!t up? I really hope there isn't a need to do this.
Thanks in advance!
Re: Good advice or bad advice, I hope bad... ouch
That's a crock of shiit, sorry. NO you don't need to do anything at all to "prepare your nipples". The best thing you can do is meet with a Lactation Consultant and/or take a breastfeeding class.
Your coworker deserves a throat punch!!
Oh thank God! Thank you ladies!
I need to come up with a good story to get her back for this one!
While you don't have to do this (an I did not), I have heard of people doing the washcloth thing (my MIL included). Never in a million years would I believe a nail file was a good idea.
your coworker is nuts.
A NAIL FILE?! OUCH
THIS!!! They take so much abuse anyways---no reason to inflict more!!!