My poor nips

ruby soho

Right now I have a regular blister and a blood blister on my nipple. Holyshit  does it hurt to pump!  The regular blister is attempting to nurse little miss tongue tie and the blood blister is from pumping. 

Whats nuts is that I am still doing it. If you would have told me a year ago I would be going through all of this to feed breast milk I would have called you crazy. Babies really do change you (: 

schoolsoutbride

Ouch! 

A friend had her DDs tongue clipped and said it was quick and easy and helped a TON! 

I hear you on the nip pain.  I had an infected duct for MONTHS thinking there was nothing to be done. It caused vasospasms.  It SUCKS!  (Finally ended up on antibiotics for a sinus infection and it cleared up in 2 days. Ahhh!)

smilelari

Hey!  Here's an idea to make pumping a little more comfortable.  Wipe a little olive oil on the shield to lube it up a bit

Sunflower22

I have never experienced pain like a milk blister. I would just cry and cry thru nursing. I had them twice. 

ruby soho

smilelari:

Hey!  Here's an idea to make pumping a little more comfortable.  Wipe a little olive oil on the shield to lube it up a bit

Ive done that a few times. I'm also still not convinced my flanges are the right size  

ruby soho

schoolsoutbride:

Ouch! 

A friend had her DDs tongue clipped and said it was quick and easy and helped a TON! 

I hear you on the nip pain.  I had an infected duct for MONTHS thinking there was nothing to be done. It caused vasospasms.  It SUCKS!  (Finally ended up on antibiotics for a sinus infection and it cleared up in 2 days. Ahhh!)

She already had it clipped but it's still very short so she has a really shallow latch. She isn't efficient either so even if I do nurse her a little I still have to pump and bottle feed. I just need to accept that we are exclusively pumping and stop putting myself through the pain of trying to get her to latch.  

smilelari

ruby soho:

smilelari:

Hey!  Here's an idea to make pumping a little more comfortable.  Wipe a little olive oil on the shield to lube it up a bit

Ive done that a few times. I'm also still not convinced my flanges are the right size  

Call medela!  They'll sometimes overnight new sizes for free

HuskerLissa

Owie, I'll send some nip juju your way!

schoolsoutbride

ruby soho:

schoolsoutbride:

Ouch! 

A friend had her DDs tongue clipped and said it was quick and easy and helped a TON! 

I hear you on the nip pain.  I had an infected duct for MONTHS thinking there was nothing to be done. It caused vasospasms.  It SUCKS!  (Finally ended up on antibiotics for a sinus infection and it cleared up in 2 days. Ahhh!)

She already had it clipped but it's still very short so she has a really shallow latch. She isn't efficient either so even if I do nurse her a little I still have to pump and bottle feed. I just need to accept that we are exclusively pumping and stop putting myself through the pain of trying to get her to latch.  

Oh, that sucks! I've heard there are some tongue exercises you can do to get them to stretch it out more.  I can e-mail my friend and see if she has any ideas, if you want.  I know she ended up having her tongue clipped twice.  I'm not sure why the second time.

LittleMissGreenEyes

I had to get bigger flanges, I'm using the 30mm now and it made a world of difference. BRU has them if you want a quicker fix than calling Medela. Childbirth was nothing compared to the pain of bfing!

RyanandManda

Still nursing here...  it gets easier!  I promise!  

Then, it gets harder again (growth spurts, distractibility and increased awareness, teething, second pregnancy...) but then it gets easier again : )  Like everything else in parenting, right?  ; )