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amiller386amiller386 member
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I'm sorry to post another breastfeeding post but I really need some advice. I feel so alone in this so getting some advice from women going through this is needed! My son is 2weeks old and Breastfeeding has been hard since day 1. My nipples have taken such a beating. When my son was 1 week old we got his tongue clipped. The pain has not subsided. I cry several times a day from the pain. I get anxiety when I know he'll be waking up to eat soon. I saw a LC yesterday and his latch is not deep enough. I've tried so many things to get it deeper with no luck. My nipple always comes out looking pinched and flat. The LC suggested taking a 24-36 hour break and just pump. I started yesterday morning and still going. I'm only getting 2 oz total each pump. We tried the boob today but nipples cracked and bled and came out looking pinched again! I just don't know what to do.
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  • prpl11butterflyprpl11butterfly member
    I have no experience to give you suggestions. I do however recommend you continue to work with the LC. My second peice of advice is to keep your head up and keep trying. It took me a bit to get used to BFing too. In fact, I was told my nipples were too small for my baby. We are 6 weeks in and doing much, much better.

    Keep your mind to it and I am sure you can have success.
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  • amiller386amiller386 member
    Thanks everyone! Just hearing this gives me some hope. Once more question, since my nipples are so torn up is it normal for the feed to be painful the whole time. I'm confused if it's improper latch sometimes or just the pain from the sore nipples
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  • heath3erheath3er member
    I would lay him down flat and put your breast in face and put your nipple on his mouth. He will get a deeper latch. It's uncomfortable but my son is getting more milk and has a deeper latch and it's not painful anymore.

    I put him on my breast friend breast feeding pillow and have him flat, lean over and plop his breast in. Hope it helps. My so. Is a little over 2weeks also
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  • SashaDenn25SashaDenn25 member
    When my right nipple was cracked the first couple days, it hurt the whole time. Here I am 5 weeks later with no issues and no pain ever. Every situation is different, but mine got waay better with time.
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  • kettlekittenkettlekitten member
    I think you've double posted - I just wrote a lengthy response on the other thread.
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  • laineyjewellaineyjewel member
    look up natural breastfeeding and laid back nursing. there is some good info out there on these techniques and helpful holds to try for a deeper latch.

    good luck Mama, you got this!
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  • 2ndtimemomy2ndtimemomy member
    Get hospital brand pump. You will be shocked how much milk you get .
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  • sconniegrlsconniegrl member
    This is exactly what happened with my son and I - we finally figured things out but holy crap did it hurt like hell!! And to be honest I do half bottles (of breastmilk) half breastfeeding to make it work.
    Feed him like @heath3er suggested- it helps a ton and look up 'hands-on pumping' to get more milk out of your pumping sessions. Good luck mama!!!
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  • amk013amk013 member
    Bamboobies breast cream saved me! My DS is tongue tied (not fixed). I was really hurting till I started using that cream.
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  • EileenY324EileenY324 member
    My LO has trouble latching. We go to a weekly breastfeeding group and the LC consultant recommended a nipple shield which has been very helpful. A lot of people say it can decrease supply but I haven't found that at all. I am starting to try to transition my DS off the shield. Sometimes he takes the nipple sometimes he doesn't. I switch between a medium size and small size shield depending on how his latch looks. Then after a few minutes I pull him off the shield and try to give him just my nipple. I also read shields can help with nipple pain an cracking.
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  • ann_jeremiahann_jeremiah member
    My LO doesn't have a significant enough tongue tie to get it clipped.. But does have the tongue the, doesn't get a tight seal when she latches, sucks her bottom lip in when she latches and when she opens her mouth, especially when she's crying she curls her tongue up AND the LC believes she has sucking coordination issues. It's a disaster for breast feeding, bottle feeding, using a pacifier, etc.

    What I have gotten to work for us is:
    1. Catch her for a feeding before she's crying - it's less stress and her tongue is more likely to lay flat.

    2. When she is excited/upset she starts flailing her arms around, so I pin her arms down in a swaddle.

    3. When she opens her mouth, I try to ram as much as my nipple/areoles over her tongue and towards the back of her mouth, as I can.

    4. Sometimes- I also have to kind of be positioned over her to make all of this work.

    The other fun part is that due to her latch issues, she sounds like she's gulping milk, but must actually be gulping air when I Don't do the above, as 5 days after birth, she had lost a pound.. And the LC was baffled when we went for a weighted feeding and she only gained half an ounce in a half hour feeding.

    Good luck!

    DS1 -6/25/11

    DS2 -3/23/13

    Missed MC D&C 8/26/14

    DD - 8/26/15

    LO#4 due 5/30/17


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