April 2014 Moms

Quick Latch Question

pete0121pete0121 member
edited April 2014 in April 2014 Moms
How long will the initial latch pain last? It's excruciating on my left side. It only lasts like 10 seconds but it has made me cry in the moments of crying and exhaustion.
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Re: Quick Latch Question

  • Yes I mean like weeks/eternity.
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  • Avion22Avion22 member
    edited April 2014
    My LC said 10-15 seconds.  If the pain lasts longer than that, it's a bad latch.  

    ETA:  Sorry, reading fail.  I have no idea how long it lasts.  At almost 4 weeks, I'm still in pain when he latches.  But only for 10 seconds :-)
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  • 2 weeks for me
  • Mine really started feeling better around 7-10 days pp.

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  • We're at about 2.5 weeks, and it's getting better.
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  • It helps me to "feed" more nipple as he starts to suck. The first quick pulls are kind of painful but I make a boob sandwich with my other hand and adjust the angle as he starts to take longer pulls so that he can get more in his mouth. Seems to help...
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  • Mine has started to feel a lot better and DS is 9 days old. As long as he is latching properly, things should start feeling better at least by 2 weeks. Maybe not 100% pain free, but at least like 80%! This is according to the lactation consultant at my pedi's office.
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  • With DS1, my pain went down at around 2 weeks and eventually went away entirely.

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  • I only have pain on my right side, and only for the initial 5-10 seconds...

    Praying - for all of us - that the initial pain goes away at some point!
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  • Try a nipple shield for a day or two! Maybe it was just good timing (about 2 weeks) but I had enough one day, tried the shield for a day or two (frustrating but felt better) and went back to just her and I and it was SO much better!
  • It's getting better and it's been a little over two weeks. Still more pain on the left than on the right.
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  • I, for some reason, have never experienced latching pain. I pinch and roll my nipples to help him latch on, so maybe that toughened them to the point that they don't hurt?


     







     
              
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  • Is it your nipple or your boob that hurts? My nipples were pretty raw with DS1 until 3ish weeks, but I found that hydrogel pads worked miracles. My whole boob hurts now when DS2 latches because I'm pretty engorged. I find that if I hand express a little bit of milk before he latches on, it's way less painful.
  • Mine seemed to get better after 2w but then I had mastitis and the pain from that was way worse and lasted a few days. LO is 4w now and pain has subsided
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