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Words of encouragement !

StephandMatt2012StephandMatt2012 member
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Hey ladies. I'm having a tough day today, I have been EBF my two month old son and have had quiet the breastfeeding battle, latching issues, mastitis, severe nipple damage to left side huge chunk missing, I've seen two LCs and although his latch is better and I'm told by now it's the best it will be I still have pain it's much more bearable and I do have good feeding days and things r easy, can't use a nipple shield because nipple gets pulled to the end even though it's the right size I've tried pumping and I practically get nothing and I know I have a good supply little guy is growing like a weed and is satisfied after eating I just feel like giving up especially today when I'm tired and hate being in pain I'm also using APNO have been for 1.5 months. My goal right now is to BF until three months then re evaluate any words of encouragement or shared similar experiences where things have gotten better would be great to hear ! Thanks for listening
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  • YummeeCookeeYummeeCookee member
    Oh man, sounds like you are experiencing everything w BFing. Bravo to you for sticking w it despite how difficult its been. Youre doing a wonderful thing for your LO. Hoping it gets easier for you.

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  • cinderincinderin member
    I also had a rough time bf. for me, it started to get easier around 3 months and even better around 4. There is hope!!! Good job mom!

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  • Beth.1212Beth.1212 member
    That sounds rough! I think it's really smart of you to set more short-term goals. I had a REALLY hard and painful time with my LO for the first two weeks. Turns out he was tongue tied, and fixing that really helped. The pain gradually went away, and by three months nursing was actually pleasant - which I thought was not possible in the early days. One thing that helped me was to remember that I could always decide to stop if I decided that nursing wasn't working for us, but that once I stopped I couldn't change my mind and just start back up again. Once that supply is gone, it's difficult, if not impossible, to get back. That helped me to push through. (If things hadn't improved, I really think I would have stopped at some point in the early months.) Now, I love nursing my little guy, it's generally not painful, and I am really, really glad we stuck with it. 

    Good job so far and good luck!
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  • Mrs.AmyDylanMrs.AmyDylan member
    theresat858 said:
    Have you had your LO evaluated for tongue tie or lip tie?
    This. DD's latch (when she could latch, which was rare) felt like dragons with razor blade tongues. Once her tongue tie was clipped and we got in the groove, it was much better! Good luckM
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  • StephandMatt2012StephandMatt2012 member
    Yes he's been evaluated and tongue tie was clipped at birth, it's weird but even though it painful at times I still enjoy nursing him and it's so much easier but yeah if by three months it's still the same then it may be time to make the switch cause not being able to cuddle him on the one side of my chest is slowly driving me nuts ! Thanks ladies
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  • OntheWaterOntheWater member
    Your journey sounds similar to mine. Happy to report we are at 5 months and going strong. We did hit that magic time when all got easier, and I never thought it would! See if an LC can evaluate for TT and LT, it's possible that more needs to be clipped. The ongoing nipple damage makes me think maybe? Good luck- you are doing great and just keep setting your short term goals.
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  • AnnaR29AnnaR29 member
    You are doing great. I had a tough start. Thought about quitting every day for months one to three. I would give myself weekly goals. Every Tuesday I would make the decision. For me it was a lot easier to say I can do this one more week than to have longer goals. Around three months it got easier, but not great. We are just shy of nine months and still going strong. The beginning can be really frustrating. I remember reading how everything got better at six weeks and not understanding why I was still struggling. The only advice that ever really helped me was the not to quit on a bad day. No matter what you do you are being a great mom and caring for your lo.
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  • StephandMatt2012StephandMatt2012 member
    Yeah he's been re-evaluated several times and the good thing is it's not that! I really am thinking it's because I got sooo much damage on the one nipple in the beginning it's just taking forever to heal and therefore still sore when he latched cause the whole front part of my nipple is missing so I'm assuming no matter how great the latch is there will be done discomfort until it heals over although I don't know if that is going to ever happen !!
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