Scar tissue and breastfeeding

Re: Scar tissue and breastfeeding

• 2octobermama member

  January 2015 edited January 2015

  Thanks AmyG*! I'm hopeful things go better next time.

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• jenn43 member

  January 2015

  AmyG* said:

  moms who have had nipple trauma can usually breastfeed without issue.  moms who have had their nipples removed and put back on during breast reduction surgery can usually nurse as well with enough time your body rebuilds things pretty well.  We have in our breasts about 9 ducts each with their own opening and it is doubtful that any of the are permanently closed up

  That is actually not true. You can breast feed after many types of breast reduction, but if you have a free-nipple reduction where the nipple is removed and then put back on as a graft, the ducts do not regrow.

  
  

  I defer to @AmyG* in pretty much all areas of breastfeeding, but breast reductions happen to be my area of expertise- I just did one yesterday, in fact  

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• VMRRN23 member

  February 2015

  I was fairly flat (36 H) and had a lot if latch issues with DS 1 (now 4), and we nursed for 1 year. But he made my nipples bleed so much that some scar tissue grew around it and made them both stick out like "normal." I'm breastfeeding DS2 (almost 4 months) with NO issues! It's been amazing. Good luck.

  

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• 2octobermama member

  February 2015

  Thanks VMRRN23 for your success story. It's very encouraging.
  

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