Ouch

[tweetyfoo]

In my wisdom I decided to try Aaron on the boob

I put him on ... He didn't latch right and had a few sucks and OMG the pain!!

I tried him a couple of times but couldn't continue as it was too bloody sore

30 mins later I'm now sittin feeling like someone has stabbed me with a hot poker in my left boob



Please excuse any typos from my fat fingers!
Tapatalk madness!

 

[Hope81]

Tweety did you ever try him with nipple shields?

 

[tweetyfoo]

Yeah but he wasn't getting enough hope and after 12 hrs of constant feeding I got too stressed out.

I was thinking now he's stronger I might try again but this has just put me off big style! I'm in agony


Please excuse any typos from my fat fingers!
Tapatalk madness!

 

[Hope81]

I was just thinking you can latch him in between feeds with some nipple shields to hopefully get some more in him to help his weight gain. You will may be able to drop an expressing session like that and he may get some more milk as he can control the flow on the boob and he may like it,

 

[Hope81]

Sorry for your boob

 

[JJ Mum]

ouch indeed! do any of the ds support team/groups have bf support , i'm curious what do other mums of lo with ds do , or is it mainly expressed

 

[Danti]

The way a baby takes a bottle teat and the way they take the nipple are completely different, they only take a little of the teat but need to take a big mouthful of breast for bf to be comfortable and efficient. So with him being used to a bottle it could be that he's only taking in your nipple and yes! That bloody hurts!

You could try pressing your thumb into your breast so the nipple points up, away from his mouth, get him to take a big mouthful of the areola underneath your nipple (this shouldn't hurt, promise!) and let your nipple fold upwards as he sucks your breast into his mouth. This gets the nipple right to the back of his mouth, clear of the tongue.

Kellymom also has some great tips on getting a baby to relatch: http://kellymom.com/bf/concerns/child/back-to-breast/

Hope this helps xx

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[TORino]

Aw hun.

Big love xxxx

It shouldn't hurt too much after the first 10 seconds if the latch is good. Though it does take a while for your nips to toughen up.